republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1288.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado Startup Loan Program"
description: "The act creates the Colorado startup loan program (program) in the office of economic development (office) as a revolving loan program to provide loans and grants to businesses seeking capital to start, restart, or restructure a business. The office must contract with a business nonprofit organization, bank, nondepository community development financial institution, or other entity to administer the program, and does not have direct lending authority to make loans under the program.The office or an administrator is required to establish policies for the program, including:The process and deadlines for applying to the program;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1288"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1288 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Coleman", "Jennifer Bacon", "Monica Duran"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68a7e6a6-f546-48d1-8871-39a7776eea1a"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1288"
source_hash: "c77f87efa6f4596411fd60d8cd36eb649383c64adf00b4c85020ea6ab26b93b9"
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 21-1288 (2021A) — Colorado Startup Loan Program

The act creates the Colorado startup loan program (program) in the office of economic development (office) as a revolving loan program to provide loans and grants to businesses seeking capital to start, restart, or restructure a business. The office must contract with a business nonprofit organization, bank, nondepository community development financial institution, or other entity to administer the program, and does not have direct lending authority to make loans under the program.The office or an administrator is required to establish policies for the program, including:The process and deadlines for applying to the program;

## 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_hb1288_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1288_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1288_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1288_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1288bus_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1288fin.pdf)
7. **PA3 (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1288sapp_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (05/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1288_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1288_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (06/02/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1288_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (07/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1288_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **42–23** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **40–24** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **27–7** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **42–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
- Monica Duran — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68a7e6a6-f546-48d1-8871-39a7776eea1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).