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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Open Discussions About Adverse Health Care Incidents"
+description: "Health facilities - health care providers - adverse health care incidents - protected communications with patients. The act creates the \"Colorado Candor Act\" (Act), which:"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2019A"
+identifier: "SB 19-201"
+citation: "Colorado SB 19-201 (2019A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Hugh McKean", "Jack Tate", "Kerry Tipper"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-05-06T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f59a7987-4226-4da4-a8f3-16941c30acaa"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-201"
+source_hash: "6958ef7f20594409fd47ffc2f2ab7f53cfd46e52c651111c66d10835545e9767"
+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 19-201 (2019A) — Open Discussions About Adverse Health Care Incidents
+
+Health facilities - health care providers - adverse health care incidents - protected communications with patients. The act creates the "Colorado Candor Act" (Act), which:
+
+## 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_sb201_h_jud_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (03/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_201_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (04/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_201_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (03/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_201_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (03/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_201sjud_01.pdf)
+6. **Reengrossed (03/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_201_ren.pdf)
+7. **Rerevised (04/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_201_rer.pdf)
+8. **Revised (04/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_201_rev.pdf)
+9. **Signed Act (05/06/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_201_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
+- Hugh McKean — primary (person)
+- Jack Tate — primary (person)
+- Kerry Tipper — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2019-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+- **2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
+- **2019-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/f59a7987-4226-4da4-a8f3-16941c30acaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+