---
type: "Bill"
title: "Convalescent Centers As Pharmacies"
description: "Pharmacies - authority of hospice or convalescent center to operate as a pharmacy. The act allows a licensed hospice or convalescent center to procure, store, order, dispense, and administer prescription medications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1109"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1109 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Colin Larson", "Edie Hooton", "Jack Tate"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-14T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-07T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51509b36-3dcf-46a9-8c45-8c123aaf9e7f"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1109"
source_hash: "96f9297bf7ff1906cebaadeaeb7e62c7d177ea92210086a5d7ada42c51409bbc"
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 19-1109 (2019A) — Convalescent Centers As Pharmacies

Pharmacies - authority of hospice or convalescent center to operate as a pharmacy. The act allows a licensed hospice or convalescent center to procure, store, order, dispense, and administer prescription medications.

## 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_hb1109_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1109_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1109_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/14/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1109_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1109_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (02/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1109_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (02/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1109_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/07/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1109_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Colin Larson — primary (person)
- Edie Hooton — primary (person)
- Jack Tate — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07T07:00:00+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
- **2019-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2019-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2019-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/12/2019 - No Amendments
- **2019-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-14T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51509b36-3dcf-46a9-8c45-8c123aaf9e7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).