republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-251.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Fund Loan Family Medical Leave Program"
description: "The act requires the state treasurer to transfer $1,500,000 from the general fund to the family and medical leave insurance fund for the purpose of defraying expenses incurred by the division of family and medical leave insurance (division) before the division receives premium revenue or revenue bond proceeds. The transfer is a loan from the state treasurer to the division that is required to be repaid and is not a grant for purposes of the state constitution or any other state law.The division is required to repay the loan and accumulated interest by December 31, 2023.Of the $1,500,000 transferred pursuant to the act:$1,162,202 is available for use by the division for program costs, including an additional 6.0 FTE;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-251"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-251 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominick Moreno", "Faith Winter", "Matt Gray", "Yadira Caraveo"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-14T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f818360-e1d2-41b8-a16e-5b2b8c47b726"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-251"
source_hash: "99dd66a07c0cdafdf01c5691b4a62d3ec6d9c403de7e90ef07e909f3c30a3c0d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado SB 21-251 (2021A) — General Fund Loan Family Medical Leave Program

The act requires the state treasurer to transfer $1,500,000 from the general fund to the family and medical leave insurance fund for the purpose of defraying expenses incurred by the division of family and medical leave insurance (division) before the division receives premium revenue or revenue bond proceeds. The transfer is a loan from the state treasurer to the division that is required to be repaid and is not a grant for purposes of the state constitution or any other state law.The division is required to repay the loan and accumulated interest by December 31, 2023.Of the $1,500,000 transferred pursuant to the act:$1,162,202 is available for use by the division for program costs, including an additional 6.0 FTE;

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_sb251_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_251_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_251_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_251_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_251sapp_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (05/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_251_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_251_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_251_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_251_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **40–23** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **21–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Matt Gray — primary (person)
- Yadira Caraveo — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-06-14T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f818360-e1d2-41b8-a16e-5b2b8c47b726`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).