---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric Motor Vehicle Charging Station Parking"
description: "Dedicated electric vehicle charging stations - misuse - penalties. The act authorizes the owner of a plug-in electric motor vehicle charging station to install a sign that identifies the station. If the sign is installed, a person is prohibited from:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1298"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1298 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jovan Melton", "Kevin Priola"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f9e0a74-a9b2-410b-b41a-3bed400766cd"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1298"
source_hash: "7c01a3cfc55bd5a576ae55fc04d161662f16b9848de0941c6dd6f206efb00c0c"
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 19-1298 (2019A) — Electric Motor Vehicle Charging Station Parking

Dedicated electric vehicle charging stations - misuse - penalties. The act authorizes the owner of a plug-in electric motor vehicle charging station to install a sign that identifies the station. If the sign is installed, a person is prohibited from:

## 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_hb1298_h_tlg_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1298_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1298_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1298_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1298tlg_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1298_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/03/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1298_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1298_rev.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **20–15** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **41–24** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **40–23** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **40–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jovan Melton — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-31T06:00:00+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
- **2019-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **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 Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `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
- **2019-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government 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 Transportation & Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01T06:00:00+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/6f9e0a74-a9b2-410b-b41a-3bed400766cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).