---
type: "Bill"
title: "Right-Of-Way For Snowplows In Echelon Formation"
description: "Traffic infractions - passing authorized snow plows in echelon formation - appropriation. The act states that a person commits a class A traffic offense if the person passes a snowplow that is operated by a state, county, or local government, displaying its lights, and performing its service function in echelon formation with one or more other such snowplows. \"Echelon formation\" means a formation in which snowplows are arranged diagonally, with each unit stationed behind and to the right, or behind and to the left, of the unit ahead."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1265"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1265 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Daneya Esgar", "Faith Winter", "Matt Soper"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-22T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76518e68-ff58-4d80-a24e-4c80a99e7144"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1265"
source_hash: "71d1a285a1e867ee2b4f97efcd03516b36c40d8ce78edfcf2e0303125a3928a9"
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 19-1265 (2019A) — Right-Of-Way For Snowplows In Echelon Formation

Traffic infractions - passing authorized snow plows in echelon formation - appropriation. The act states that a person commits a class A traffic offense if the person passes a snowplow that is operated by a state, county, or local government, displaying its lights, and performing its service function in echelon formation with one or more other such snowplows. "Echelon formation" means a formation in which snowplows are arranged diagonally, with each unit stationed behind and to the right, or behind and to the left, of the unit ahead.

## 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_hb1265_s_tra_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1265_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1265_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1265_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1265app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1265_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1265_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1265_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1265_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **58–6** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-17T06:00:00+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** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **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 - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `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, Floor
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76518e68-ff58-4d80-a24e-4c80a99e7144`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).