---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remove Redundant Language In Educator Licensing"
description: "Educator licensure - requirements for out-of state applicants. The act removes amendments House Bill 18-1095, concerning educator licenses issued to military spouses, made to the educator licensing statute regarding the number of years a military spouse licensed in another state must teach continuously in order to apply for a professional teacher license or professional special services license in Colorado."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1059"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1059 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack Tate", "Jeni James Arndt"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-07T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-11T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87acc352-c3a2-4aaf-84b0-ae2f01912125"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1059"
source_hash: "a3baf32b946c3b6e92773d0e0852ecddc65f4929f5d389df5e7c2b83b7f2ebaf"
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 19-1059 (2019A) — Remove Redundant Language In Educator Licensing

Educator licensure - requirements for out-of state applicants. The act removes amendments House Bill 18-1095, concerning educator licenses issued to military spouses, made to the educator licensing statute regarding the number of years a military spouse licensed in another state must teach continuously in order to apply for a professional teacher license or professional special services license in Colorado.

## 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_hb1059_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1059_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1059_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/07/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1059_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (01/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1059_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (02/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1059_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (02/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1059_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1059_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jack Tate — primary (person)
- Jeni James Arndt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2019-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over to 01/23/2019 - No Amendments
- **2019-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-01-15T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87acc352-c3a2-4aaf-84b0-ae2f01912125`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).