---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Care Expenses Tax Credit Low-income Families"
description: "Child care expenses - income tax credit - individuals with low income - extension. For income tax years prior to January 1, 2021, a resident individual who has a federal adjusted gross income of $25,000 or less may claim a refundable state income tax credit for child care expenses for the care of a dependent who is less than 13 years old. The act extends the tax credit for 8 years.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1013"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1013 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Tony Exum"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-14T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac085452-e0a2-467f-863d-d6675e3cf9b0"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1013"
source_hash: "0a8293a2f22693733eb40b5d2f40e0709b44c59c8931a696b25122e5c6abbb54"
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 19-1013 (2019A) — Child Care Expenses Tax Credit Low-income Families

Child care expenses - income tax credit - individuals with low income - extension. For income tax years prior to January 1, 2021, a resident individual who has a federal adjusted gross income of $25,000 or less may claim a refundable state income tax credit for child care expenses for the care of a dependent who is less than 13 years old. The act extends the tax credit for 8 years.(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_hb1013_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1013_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/14/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1013_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1013_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1013fin_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1013_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1013_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1013_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/14/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1013_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **27–7** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **56–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Tony Exum — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance + Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac085452-e0a2-467f-863d-d6675e3cf9b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).