---
type: "Bill"
title: "Victim Notification Criminal Proceedings"
description: "Victim notification - eliminate opt-in. With certain exceptions, the act eliminates requirements that victims must opt in to effect their rights in criminal proceedings involving their alleged offender or offender."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1064"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1064 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Cooke", "Mark Baisley", "Mike Foote", "Tom Sullivan"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d99d98dd-543f-4f54-af60-4f7885e38215"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1064"
source_hash: "8ec4a029f060bd6e1dd67c5cbe5fcb27f713040191f388be87c9ec91ce6ccf0f"
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 19-1064 (2019A) — Victim Notification Criminal Proceedings

Victim notification - eliminate opt-in. With certain exceptions, the act eliminates requirements that victims must opt in to effect their rights in criminal proceedings involving their alleged offender or offender.

## 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_hb1064_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1064_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1064_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1064_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1064jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1064app.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1064sjud_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1064_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/03/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1064_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1064_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1064_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Mark Baisley — primary (person)
- Mike Foote — primary (person)
- Tom Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2019-01-10T07:00:00+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/d99d98dd-543f-4f54-af60-4f7885e38215`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).