---
type: "Bill"
title: "Climate Action Plan To Reduce Pollution"
description: "Air pollution - statewide greenhouse gas pollution abatement - air quality control commission - rules - appropriation. Section 1 of the act states that Colorado shall have statewide goals to reduce 2025 greenhouse gas emissions by at least 26%, 2030 greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50%, and 2050 greenhouse gas emissions by at least 90% of the levels of statewide greenhouse gas emissions that existed in 2005."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1261"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1261 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angela Williams", "Dominique Jackson", "Faith Winter", "KC Becker"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 20
vote_count: 49
first_action: "2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06aef368-306a-4201-abda-19addefd7e91"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1261"
source_hash: "abbc7201e1df434212e067a07ede6a00042ad684f6a597e89a7f3b3dccb2765a"
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 19-1261 (2019A) — Climate Action Plan To Reduce Pollution

Air pollution - statewide greenhouse gas pollution abatement - air quality control commission - rules - appropriation. Section 1 of the act states that Colorado shall have statewide goals to reduce 2025 greenhouse gas emissions by at least 26%, 2030 greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50%, and 2050 greenhouse gas emissions by at least 90% of the levels of statewide greenhouse gas emissions that existed in 2005.

## 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_hb1261_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1261_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1261_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1261_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/09/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1261ee_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/09/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1261app.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1261ssta_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1261_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1261_rr2.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1261_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1261_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **1–62** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **0–63** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **25–38** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- main question — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **20–15** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- REPASS — **39–24** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **18–16** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **9–26** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **26–37** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **25–38** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **41–23** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **39–24** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **26–37** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **26–37** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Angela Williams — primary (person)
- Dominique Jackson — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- KC Becker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-30T06:00:00+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
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **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 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `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 Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06aef368-306a-4201-abda-19addefd7e91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).