---
type: "Bill"
title: "Legislative Council Temporary Appointments Ex Officio Members"
description: "Legislative council - executive committee - appointment of temporary replacements. An ex officio member of the legislative council may make a temporary appointment to replace himself or herself at a meeting of the council. A temporarily appointed member cannot replace the ex officio member at a meeting of the executive committee.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1173"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1173 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alec Garnett", "Chris Holbert", "Patrick Neville", "Stephen Fenberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-07T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a878071b-47ce-4395-9688-c951d68b8b21"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1173"
source_hash: "aec4a1525151f1aff79fe08bd71db5217c58f2d1bc7a9c1de3147924ad96c4b3"
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 19-1173 (2019A) — Legislative Council Temporary Appointments Ex Officio Members

Legislative council - executive committee - appointment of temporary replacements. An ex officio member of the legislative council may make a temporary appointment to replace himself or herself at a meeting of the council. A temporarily appointed member cannot replace the ex officio member at a meeting of the executive committee.(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_hb1173_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1173_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1173_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/07/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1173_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1173_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1173_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1173_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1173_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **62–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alec Garnett — primary (person)
- Chris Holbert — primary (person)
- Patrick Neville — primary (person)
- Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2019-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a878071b-47ce-4395-9688-c951d68b8b21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).