---
type: "Bill"
title: "Metropolitan District Fire Protection Sales Tax"
description: "Metropolitan district - fire protection - sales tax. A metropolitan district is authorized to levy a property tax to provide services; however, the district can also levy a sales tax for safety protection, street improvement, and transportation purposes. The act allows a metropolitan district to also levy a sales tax to provide fire protection in the areas of the district in which the sales tax is levied.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1047"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1047 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bri Buentello", "Jessie Danielson", "Leroy Garcia"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4b5ce16-b3e2-4b23-880b-d038b68b718e"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1047"
source_hash: "1dcbfee1b3ff57051e07c928f6f79ab3d3786ccbdd792f3869633bd0cbad83dc"
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 19-1047 (2019A) — Metropolitan District Fire Protection Sales Tax

Metropolitan district - fire protection - sales tax. A metropolitan district is authorized to levy a property tax to provide services; however, the district can also levy a sales tax for safety protection, street improvement, and transportation purposes. The act allows a metropolitan district to also levy a sales tax to provide fire protection in the areas of the district in which the sales tax is levied.(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_hb1047_s_lg_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1047_en2.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1047_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1047_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (01/31/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1047_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1047_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1047_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1047_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **23–10** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **44–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bri Buentello — primary (person)
- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
- Leroy Garcia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `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 - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-01-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Rural Affairs & Agriculture Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Rural Affairs & Agriculture `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4b5ce16-b3e2-4b23-880b-d038b68b718e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).