---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual Assault While In Custody Or Detained"
description: "Unlawful sexual conduct by a peace officer - new offense - sex offender registration required - appropriation - applicability. The act creates the offense of unlawful sexual conduct by a peace officer. A peace officer commits the offense when he or she knowingly engages in sexual contact, sexual intrusion, or sexual penetration under any of the following circumstances:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1250"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1250 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessie Danielson", "Leslie Herod"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f46b808e-65db-4148-80cc-52e3f1700fb6"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1250"
source_hash: "59683fb9cb567a5a775a6aa9046fa76b9bb4208748cc269c6c11cf9b9d0c9f5d"
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 19-1250 (2019A) — Sexual Assault While In Custody Or Detained

Unlawful sexual conduct by a peace officer - new offense - sex offender registration required - appropriation - applicability. The act creates the offense of unlawful sexual conduct by a peace officer. A peace officer commits the offense when he or she knowingly engages in sexual contact, sexual intrusion, or sexual penetration under any of the following circumstances:

## 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_hb1250_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1250_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1250_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1250_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1250jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1250app.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1250_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1250_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1250_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1250_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **59–5** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **57–8** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **60–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — 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`
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15T06:00:00+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/f46b808e-65db-4148-80cc-52e3f1700fb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).