---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notice Requirements Employees Sharing Gratuities"
description: "Employees - sharing gratuities - notice requirements. The act repeals a provision that requires employers with employees who share gratuities to post a specific sign in a conspicuous place and substitutes a requirement to notify each patron in writing, such as on the menu, table, or receipt.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1254"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1254 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Kevin Priola", "Kevin Van Winkle", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29771a53-36e8-4bce-842b-7d43a076d835"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1254"
source_hash: "34aa2908453fe6bc299a062f3305c4bcde122559d34f03b594689dee8b988892"
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 19-1254 (2019A) — Notice Requirements Employees Sharing Gratuities

Employees - sharing gratuities - notice requirements. The act repeals a provision that requires employers with employees who share gratuities to post a specific sign in a conspicuous place and substitutes a requirement to notify each patron in writing, such as on the menu, table, or receipt.(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_hb1254_s_blt_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/05/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1254_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1254_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1254_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1254bus_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1254_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1254_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1254_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1254_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **24–9** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **48–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2019-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29771a53-36e8-4bce-842b-7d43a076d835`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).