---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protect Public Health Firegfighter Safety Regulation PFAS Polyfluoroalkyl Substances"
description: "Training and testing restrictions with certain firefighting foams - restriction on sale of certain firefighting foams - notification of chemicals in protective equipment -survey. The act prohibits the use of class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS foam) for training purposes or for testing firefighting foam fire systems and creates a civil penalty for doing so."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1279"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1279 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Hisey", "Lois Landgraf", "Pete Lee", "Tony Exum"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-27T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d1f18c0-4660-4917-ab09-4a38f7712b15"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1279"
source_hash: "66405e45e1f439256321943ba8870a741fffd54f2798532db00f57b8da1b1099"
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 19-1279 (2019A) — Protect Public Health Firegfighter Safety Regulation PFAS Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

Training and testing restrictions with certain firefighting foams - restriction on sale of certain firefighting foams - notification of chemicals in protective equipment -survey. The act prohibits the use of class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS foam) for training purposes or for testing firefighting foam fire systems and creates a civil penalty for doing so.

## 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_hb1279_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1279_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1279_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1279_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1279app_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1279shhs_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1279_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1279_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1279_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/03/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1279_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dennis Hisey — primary (person)
- Lois Landgraf — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)
- Tony Exum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27T06:00:00+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/7d1f18c0-4660-4917-ab09-4a38f7712b15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).