---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extreme Risk Protection Orders"
description: "Firearms - extreme risk protection order - petition requirements - hearings - firearm surrender options - termination hearing - appropriation. The act creates the ability for a family or household member or a law enforcement officer to petition the court for a temporary extreme risk protection order (ERPO) beginning on January 1, 2020. The petitioner must establish by a preponderance of the evidence that a person poses a significant risk to self or others by having a firearm in his or her custody or control or by possessing, purchasing, or receiving a firearm. The petitioner must submit an affidavit signed under oath and penalty of perjury that sets forth facts to support the issuance of a temporary ERPO and a reasonable basis for believing they exist. The court must hold a temporary ERPO hearing in person or by telephone on the day the petition is filed or on the court day immediately following the day the petition is filed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1177"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1177 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alec Garnett", "Brittany Pettersen", "Lois Court", "Tom Sullivan"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 20
vote_count: 27
first_action: "2019-02-14T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9fca4dd-4d11-498f-ac97-1122d81a6fa7"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1177"
source_hash: "4cf8809ffd1fc47a70514a0377898244ed8de99a2e31b2ccabd47c6899149e87"
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 19-1177 (2019A) — Extreme Risk Protection Orders

Firearms - extreme risk protection order - petition requirements - hearings - firearm surrender options - termination hearing - appropriation. The act creates the ability for a family or household member or a law enforcement officer to petition the court for a temporary extreme risk protection order (ERPO) beginning on January 1, 2020. The petitioner must establish by a preponderance of the evidence that a person poses a significant risk to self or others by having a firearm in his or her custody or control or by possessing, purchasing, or receiving a firearm. The petitioner must submit an affidavit signed under oath and penalty of perjury that sets forth facts to support the issuance of a temporary ERPO and a reasonable basis for believing they exist. The court must hold a temporary ERPO hearing in person or by telephone on the day the petition is filed or on the court day immediately following the day the petition is filed.

## 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_hb1177_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1177_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1177_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/14/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1177_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1177jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (02/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1177app.pdf)
7. **PA3 (03/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1177ssta_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (03/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1177_rn2.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (03/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1177_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (03/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1177_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1177_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD — **20–38** (fail) · lower
- CONCUR — **43–20** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **21–37** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **20–38** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **18–17** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **20–38** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **21–37** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **27–31** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **20–38** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **24–34** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **21–37** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **21–37** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **20–38** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **11–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **12–18** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **20–38** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **20–38** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **23–35** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **21–37** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **11–19** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **21–37** (fail) · lower
- REPASS — **38–25** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **20–38** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **38–25** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **21–37** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **22–36** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alec Garnett — primary (person)
- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Lois Court — primary (person)
- Tom Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 04/01/2019
- **2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2019-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14T07:00:00+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/a9fca4dd-4d11-498f-ac97-1122d81a6fa7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).