---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection Act"
description: "Consumer protection - violations based on recklessness - increased penalties for certain violations - calculation of damage awards. The act:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1289"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1289 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Michael Weissman", "Mike Foote"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-29T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba123d14-5f46-489a-9d7a-cd2a6844e3db"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1289"
source_hash: "04c3bd536b96cf0bee45f874da91bad3e02542ca7882704374480da0e41b306f"
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 19-1289 (2019A) — Consumer Protection Act

Consumer protection - violations based on recklessness - increased penalties for certain violations - calculation of damage awards. The act:

## 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_hb1289_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1289_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1289_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1289_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1289jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1289sjud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1289_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1289_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1289_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1289_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **42–22** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **41–23** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **47–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Michael Weissman — primary (person)
- Mike Foote — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-23T06:00:00+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`
- **2019-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **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 Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **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, Floor
- **2019-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29T06:00:00+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/ba123d14-5f46-489a-9d7a-cd2a6844e3db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).