---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limits On Job Applicant Criminal History Inquiries"
description: "Hiring practices - limitations on criminal history inquiries - exceptions - enforcement - appropriation. Effective September 1, 2019, for employers with 11 or more employees, and effective September 1, 2021, for all employers, employers are prohibited from:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1025"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1025 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jovan Melton", "Leslie Herod", "Mike Foote", "Robert Rodriguez"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3ccf7bf-61ce-4caa-af4c-9650fcecd006"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1025"
source_hash: "489587a313a49db6fafc653c9df24238ccdd9fcbbedafc87a175a86bcba7ec65"
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 19-1025 (2019A) — Limits On Job Applicant Criminal History Inquiries

Hiring practices - limitations on criminal history inquiries - exceptions - enforcement - appropriation. Effective September 1, 2019, for employers with 11 or more employees, and effective September 1, 2021, for all employers, employers are prohibited from:

## 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_hb1025_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1025_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1025_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1025_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/31/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1025jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (02/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1025app.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1025_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1025_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1025_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1025_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **22–10** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **20–12** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **29–35** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **22–41** (fail) · upper
- BILL — **20–12** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **42–22** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jovan Melton — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)
- Mike Foote — primary (person)
- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/e3ccf7bf-61ce-4caa-af4c-9650fcecd006`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).