republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-219.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado Avalanche Information Center Fund Appropriations"
description: "All money in the Colorado avalanche information center fund (CAIC fund) has been subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the department of natural resources (DNR) for the direct and indirect costs associated with the Colorado avalanche information center (CAIC). Pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement between the DNR and the Colorado department of transportation (CDOT), state highway fund money that is continuously appropriated to CDOT is credited to the CAIC fund to provide funding to the CAIC for work associated with the highway avalanche safety program that reduces avalanche risk on state highways. Beginning with state fiscal year 2021-22, the act continuously appropriates to the DNR for CAIC's costs associated with the highway avalanche safety program all money that is credited to the CAIC fund from the state highway fund and all interest or income derived from the deposit and investment of that money.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-219"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-219 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Julie McCluskie"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02facdd2-0c7d-449e-bfb9-c9871d1602db"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-219"
source_hash: "9216bee1fd05898b39e223f828a32bfad29fb2a75aa7e826e163a89ec8a013ef"
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 21-219 (2021A) — Colorado Avalanche Information Center Fund Appropriations

All money in the Colorado avalanche information center fund (CAIC fund) has been subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the department of natural resources (DNR) for the direct and indirect costs associated with the Colorado avalanche information center (CAIC). Pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement between the DNR and the Colorado department of transportation (CDOT), state highway fund money that is continuously appropriated to CDOT is credited to the CAIC fund to provide funding to the CAIC for work associated with the highway avalanche safety program that reduces avalanche risk on state highways. Beginning with state fiscal year 2021-22, the act continuously appropriates to the DNR for CAIC's costs associated with the highway avalanche safety program all money that is credited to the CAIC fund from the state highway fund and all interest or income derived from the deposit and investment of that money.(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](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_sb219_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_219_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_219_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_219_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/09/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_219_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_219_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_219_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_219_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **47–16** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **31–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02facdd2-0c7d-449e-bfb9-c9871d1602db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).