republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-173.md

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Bill	Rights In Residential Lease Agreements	The act addresses the following items related to landlord and tenant rights in residential rental agreements:After a complaint is filed by a landlord, the clerk of the court or the attorney for the plaintiff shall issue a summons, including information concerning filing an answer and legal aid. A court shall not enter a default writ of restitution before the close of business on the date upon which an appearance is due.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	SB 21-173	Colorado SB 21-173 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Dominick Moreno Julie Gonzales Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez Yadira Caraveo	12	19	7	2021-03-05T07:00:00+00:00	2021-06-25T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0aebe1b4-bdf2-499e-9935-7d53dafb3fe9	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-173	9395deffbf6b7bbc65f0cd1680d7feb254455d0a2ce9400b48c484972e9d7d42	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 21-173 (2021A) — Rights In Residential Lease Agreements

The act addresses the following items related to landlord and tenant rights in residential rental agreements:After a complaint is filed by a landlord, the clerk of the court or the attorney for the plaintiff shall issue a summons, including information concerning filing an answer and legal aid. A court shall not enter a default writ of restitution before the close of business on the date upon which an appearance is due.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/13/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/22/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/05/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/19/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (05/21/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. PA4 (05/24/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Reengrossed (04/14/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Rerevised (06/03/2021) (committee substitute) — source
11. Revised (06/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
12. Signed Act (06/25/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 19–15 (pass) · upper
• AMEND — 31–3 (pass) · upper
• AMD — 23–40 (fail) · lower
• REPASS — 20–14 (pass) · upper
• COW * — 25–10 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 39–24 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 33–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
• Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
• Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)
• Yadira Caraveo — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-25T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-22T06:00:00+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 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 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 with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
• 2021-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor introduction
• 2021-04-14T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-03-05T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0aebe1b4-bdf2-499e-9935-7d53dafb3fe9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).