---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remove Fee Cap Electrical Inspection Local Government Higher Education"
description: "Electricians - local inspection fees - limitations. The act repeals the prohibition against local governments and state institutions of higher education charging more than 15% more than the state charges to perform an inspection of electrical work, and instead subjects the inspection fee to a $120 cap that is adjusted annually for inflation with a potential additional 8% tiered charge based on the size or valuation of the inspected improvement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1035"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1035 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dylan Roberts", "Janice Rich", "Joann Ginal", "Rob Woodward"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e6771dc-b924-496c-b12b-59cccf3dcb81"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1035"
source_hash: "d1873819b0ec18daaaa2d16fabad6eda60117c2837cef11a1e3db5c730bc72ef"
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 19-1035 (2019A) — Remove Fee Cap Electrical Inspection Local Government Higher Education

Electricians - local inspection fees - limitations. The act repeals the prohibition against local governments and state institutions of higher education charging more than 15% more than the state charges to perform an inspection of electrical work, and instead subjects the inspection fee to a $120 cap that is adjusted annually for inflation with a potential additional 8% tiered charge based on the size or valuation of the inspected improvement.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment L.002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/28b86b6a0b1b5ace8725838b0070d734__hearing_summary/19HouseTran0123AttachA.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_hb1035_s_lg_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (01/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1035_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (04/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1035_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1035_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (01/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1035tlg_01.pdf)
7. **PA2 (03/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1035sloc_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (01/31/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1035_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (03/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1035_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (03/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1035_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (04/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1035_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **63–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **60–1** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **62–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Janice Rich — primary (person)
- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Rob Woodward — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 03/22/2019
- **2019-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`
- **2019-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-01-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e6771dc-b924-496c-b12b-59cccf3dcb81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).