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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Offense Level For Controlled Substance Possession"
+description: "Controlled substances - possession offenses - sentencing - substance use and mental health treatment - appropriation. The act makes possession of 4 grams or less of a controlled substance listed in schedule I or II a level 1 drug misdemeanor; except that possession of any amount of gamma hydroxybutyrate or a fourth or subsequent offense for possession of 4 grams or less of a schedule I or II controlled substance or any amount of a schedule III, IV, or V controlled substance is a level 4 drug felony."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2019A"
+identifier: "HB 19-1263"
+citation: "Colorado HB 19-1263 (2019A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Leslie Herod", "Pete Lee", "Shane Sandridge", "Vicki Marble"]
+version_count: 14
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2019-03-22T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-05-28T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/016a3a5b-b944-473d-a25d-5e07c1fe65bf"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1263"
+source_hash: "ad3e48754a3a3de012ccfee3e947c238605403b36af4251dc9786afd4fb8b2f4"
+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 19-1263 (2019A) — Offense Level For Controlled Substance Possession
+
+Controlled substances - possession offenses - sentencing - substance use and mental health treatment - appropriation. The act makes possession of 4 grams or less of a controlled substance listed in schedule I or II a level 1 drug misdemeanor; except that possession of any amount of gamma hydroxybutyrate or a fourth or subsequent offense for possession of 4 grams or less of a schedule I or II controlled substance or any amount of a schedule III, IV, or V controlled substance is a level 4 drug felony.
+
+## 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/2019a_hb1263_s_app_004.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (04/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1263_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (05/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1263_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (03/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1263_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (04/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1263jud_01.pdf)
+6. **PA2 (04/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1263fin.pdf)
+7. **PA3 (04/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1263app.pdf)
+8. **PA4 (04/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1263sjud_01.pdf)
+9. **PA5 (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1263sjudfin.pdf)
+10. **PA6 (04/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1263sjudfinapp.pdf)
+11. **Reengrossed (04/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1263_ren.pdf)
+12. **Rerevised (05/03/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1263_rer.pdf)
+13. **Revised (05/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1263_rev.pdf)
+14. **Signed Act (05/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1263_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AMEND — **34–1** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **20–15** (pass) · lower
+- REPASS — **43–20** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **40–25** (pass) · lower
+- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR — **61–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Leslie Herod — primary (person)
+- Pete Lee — primary (person)
+- Shane Sandridge — primary (person)
+- Vicki Marble — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2019-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2019-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
+- **2019-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily with Amendments - Committee
+- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
+- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/016a3a5b-b944-473d-a25d-5e07c1fe65bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+