republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-284.md

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Bill	Evidence-based Evaluations For Budget	The act establishes a set of evidence-based definitions to be used when analyzing a program or practice. If a state agency or the office of state planning and budgeting includes an evidence-based evaluation of a program or practice in a budget request or budget amendment, then the state agency or office is required to describe the program or practice using the definitions. In such case, the state agency or office is also required to provide any research that supports the program or practice or a decrease in funding for a program or practice, along with information concerning how the evidence referenced was used in the development of the budget request or budget amendment request.Joint budget committee staff is required to independently analyze and describe the program or practice using the definitions and to include any evidence-based information as part of any recommendation it makes regarding a budget request or budget amendment request. The staff director is required to appoint additional staff as necessary to provide the evidence-based analysis, and upon request, joint budget committee staff shall also assist legislators in incorporating evidence-based assessments in legislation for bills that create a new program or practice.The joint budget committee is required to consider, as one of many factors, any available evidence-based information when determining the appropriate level of funding of a program or practice.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	SB 21-284	Colorado SB 21-284 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Bob Rankin Chris Hansen Colin Larson Leslie Herod	8	13	2	2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00	2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b23f767a-2ec8-485e-a7e9-a41827d8f9e3	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-284	6f206d34149d0a374329fae2eeb061a81b5c8478e5e7708e8b715fbf4f188c3f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 21-284 (2021A) — Evidence-based Evaluations For Budget

The act establishes a set of evidence-based definitions to be used when analyzing a program or practice. If a state agency or the office of state planning and budgeting includes an evidence-based evaluation of a program or practice in a budget request or budget amendment, then the state agency or office is required to describe the program or practice using the definitions. In such case, the state agency or office is also required to provide any research that supports the program or practice or a decrease in funding for a program or practice, along with information concerning how the evidence referenced was used in the development of the budget request or budget amendment request.Joint budget committee staff is required to independently analyze and describe the program or practice using the definitions and to include any evidence-based information as part of any recommendation it makes regarding a budget request or budget amendment request. The staff director is required to appoint additional staff as necessary to provide the evidence-based analysis, and upon request, joint budget committee staff shall also assist legislators in incorporating evidence-based assessments in legislation for bills that create a new program or practice.The joint budget committee is required to consider, as one of many factors, any available evidence-based information when determining the appropriate level of funding of a program or practice.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (05/24/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/22/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (05/20/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (05/25/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (06/03/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (06/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (07/06/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 48–15 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bob Rankin — primary (person)
• Chris Hansen — primary (person)
• Colin Larson — primary (person)
• Leslie Herod — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 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 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations introduction
• 2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b23f767a-2ec8-485e-a7e9-a41827d8f9e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).