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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Emergency Medical Service Providers Licensing"
+description: "Emergency medical service providers - application for licensure - eligibility. The act authorizes a certified emergency medical service (EMS) provider to apply for licensure from the department of public health and environment based on a demonstration to the satisfaction of the department that the EMS provider has completed a 4-year bachelor's degree program from an accredited college or university in a field related to the health sciences or an equivalent field, as determined by the state board of health by rule."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2019A"
+identifier: "SB 19-242"
+citation: "Colorado SB 19-242 (2019A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chris Kennedy", "Leroy Garcia"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-04-15T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-05-31T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8c91083-8490-4874-8975-e077861cf630"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-242"
+source_hash: "9e34cf1f239f6df61ec2a389916b8e43e31823c3bce60e0ea3289e7aa3829a6a"
+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 19-242 (2019A) — Emergency Medical Service Providers Licensing
+
+Emergency medical service providers - application for licensure - eligibility. The act authorizes a certified emergency medical service (EMS) provider to apply for licensure from the department of public health and environment based on a demonstration to the satisfaction of the department that the EMS provider has completed a 4-year bachelor's degree program from an accredited college or university in a field related to the health sciences or an equivalent field, as determined by the state board of health by rule.
+
+## 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_sb242_h_hi_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (04/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_242_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (05/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_242_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (04/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_242_01.pdf)
+5. **Reengrossed (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_242_ren.pdf)
+6. **Rerevised (05/03/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_242_rer.pdf)
+7. **Revised (04/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_242_rev.pdf)
+8. **Signed Act (05/31/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_242_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
+- COW * — **34–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chris Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Leroy Garcia — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2019-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2019-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `introduction`
+- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8c91083-8490-4874-8975-e077861cf630`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+