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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Cryptocurrency Exemption Colorado Digital Token Act"
+description: "Securities - registration and licensing requirements - exemptions - cryptocurrency - Colorado Digital Token Act. The act provides limited exemptions from the securities registration and securities broker-dealer and salesperson licensing requirements for persons dealing in digital tokens. \"Digital token\" is defined as a digital unit with specified characteristics, secured through a decentralized ledger or database, exchangeable for goods or services, and capable of being traded or transferred between persons without an intermediary or custodian of value.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2019A"
+identifier: "SB 19-023"
+citation: "Colorado SB 19-023 (2019A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hugh McKean", "Jack Tate", "Stephen Fenberg", "Tracy Kraft-Tharp"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-03-06T07:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed316a0b-cd89-47df-abc6-d5733c380003"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-023"
+source_hash: "32df62a811b2bbf0c18e9075312d0670f42779b9a362e1b5b1d26fa5aefd5ee2"
+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 19-023 (2019A) — Cryptocurrency Exemption Colorado Digital Token Act
+
+Securities - registration and licensing requirements - exemptions - cryptocurrency - Colorado Digital Token Act. The act provides limited exemptions from the securities registration and securities broker-dealer and salesperson licensing requirements for persons dealing in digital tokens. "Digital token" is defined as a digital unit with specified characteristics, secured through a decentralized ledger or database, exchangeable for goods or services, and capable of being traded or transferred between persons without an intermediary or custodian of value.(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/2019a_sb023_h_bus_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (01/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_023_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (02/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_023_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_023_01.pdf)
+5. **Reengrossed (01/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_023_rn2.pdf)
+6. **Rerevised (02/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_023_rer.pdf)
+7. **Revised (02/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_023_rev.pdf)
+8. **Signed Act (03/06/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_023_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hugh McKean — primary (person)
+- Jack Tate — primary (person)
+- Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)
+- Tracy Kraft-Tharp — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2019-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2019-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2019-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2019-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
+- **2019-01-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2019-01-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed316a0b-cd89-47df-abc6-d5733c380003`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+