---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Transfer Registration Fee Credit"
description: "Registration - fees and surcharges - appropriation. The act requires the department of revenue to give prorated credit for registration fees and surcharges on a vehicle that is sold before the vehicle's registration year ends. The credit is applied to vehicles subsequently registered."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1138"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1138 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angela Williams", "Dave Williams", "Jovan Melton", "Kevin Priola"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-25T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1785988-fc76-4543-9290-168d06b971f1"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1138"
source_hash: "3315b12b275f90ca4fca92f9eaf66db08d7f38b9e7b6aaeac86bc082be177e3b"
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 19-1138 (2019A) — Vehicle Transfer Registration Fee Credit

Registration - fees and surcharges - appropriation. The act requires the department of revenue to give prorated credit for registration fees and surcharges on a vehicle that is sold before the vehicle's registration year ends. The credit is applied to vehicles subsequently registered.

## 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_hb1138_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1138_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1138_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1138_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1138tlg_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1138app.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (2) (03/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1138_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (2) (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1138_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1138_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1138_signed.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Angela Williams — primary (person)
- Dave Williams — primary (person)
- Jovan Melton — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government + Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1785988-fc76-4543-9290-168d06b971f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).