republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1150.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create The Colorado Office Of New Americans"
description: "The act creates, initially within the department of labor and employment, the Colorado office of new Americans (ONA). The act sets forth the ONA's duties and responsibilities and provides details regarding funding. The ONA serves as the point of contact for immigrant-serving state agencies, private sector organizations, and the public about immigrant issues in Colorado, and has as one of its central purposes the successful integration and inclusion of immigrants and refugees in our state's communities. As its main priority, the ONA is required to implement a statewide strategy to facilitate economic stability and promote successful economic, social, linguistic, and cultural integration by investing in the success of immigrants in Colorado.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1150"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1150 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Iman Jodeh", "Julie Gonzales"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-03T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/060b1c68-eb57-4e55-8c7e-46f0b50dcefd"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1150"
source_hash: "2bd5541b2d59be85813e1d709eaccf93b7660ec48c0b909be661aaad0a3a2e5e"
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 HB 21-1150 (2021A) — Create The Colorado Office Of New Americans

The act creates, initially within the department of labor and employment, the Colorado office of new Americans (ONA). The act sets forth the ONA's duties and responsibilities and provides details regarding funding. The ONA serves as the point of contact for immigrant-serving state agencies, private sector organizations, and the public about immigrant issues in Colorado, and has as one of its central purposes the successful integration and inclusion of immigrants and refugees in our state's communities. As its main priority, the ONA is required to implement a statewide strategy to facilitate economic stability and promote successful economic, social, linguistic, and cultural integration by investing in the success of immigrants in Colorado.(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_hb1150_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1150_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1150_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1150_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1150sa_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/20/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1150fin.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1150_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1150_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1150_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1150_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD — **25–39** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **39–24** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Iman Jodeh — primary (person)
- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/060b1c68-eb57-4e55-8c7e-46f0b50dcefd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).