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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Severance Tax Operational Fund Distribution Methodology"
+description: "Severance tax operational fund - distribution - core departmental programs - natural resources and energy grant programs - reserve requirement - cap - transfer to the severance tax perpetual base fund. The act makes the following changes related to the distribution of the money in the severance tax operational fund (operational fund):"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2019A"
+identifier: "SB 19-016"
+citation: "Colorado SB 19-016 (2019A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Daneya Esgar", "Don Coram", "Kerry Donovan", "Lori Saine"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-04-01T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f73b727e-6606-487c-b847-a39c95df49f7"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-016"
+source_hash: "60edb34ee26df53a1bf423d5db039a52485f81a860ebb91e35e27e18a81e4e42"
+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 19-016 (2019A) — Severance Tax Operational Fund Distribution Methodology
+
+Severance tax operational fund - distribution - core departmental programs - natural resources and energy grant programs - reserve requirement - cap - transfer to the severance tax perpetual base fund. The act makes the following changes related to the distribution of the money in the severance tax operational fund (operational fund):
+
+## 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_sb016_h_app_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (01/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_016_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (03/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_016_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_016_01.pdf)
+5. **Reengrossed (01/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_016_rn2.pdf)
+6. **Rerevised (03/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_016_rer.pdf)
+7. **Revised (03/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_016_rev.pdf)
+8. **Signed Act (04/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_016_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **63–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
+- Don Coram — primary (person)
+- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
+- Lori Saine — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2019-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2019-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2019-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment + Finance `introduction`
+- **2019-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-01-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2019-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f73b727e-6606-487c-b847-a39c95df49f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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