---
type: "Bill"
title: "Just Transition From Coal-based Electrical Energy Economy"
description: "Just transition support for coal-related jobs - office created - advisory committee - just transition plan - workforce transition plan - report - sunset review - appropriation. The act creates the just transition office in the division of employment and training in the department of labor and employment. A just transition advisory committee will develop a draft just transition plan, and the director of the office will submit a final just transition plan to the governor and general assembly, regarding proposed:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1314"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1314 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "KC Becker", "Kerry Donovan", "Rochelle Galindo"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 22
vote_count: 16
first_action: "2019-04-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71c56edc-f761-4b54-ae3b-d83cd2b402a5"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1314"
source_hash: "aafac6a3b2427a65079ba7748db86da8f85a700167048200422b713abe1feb92"
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 19-1314 (2019A) — Just Transition From Coal-based Electrical Energy Economy

Just transition support for coal-related jobs - office created - advisory committee - just transition plan - workforce transition plan - report - sunset review - appropriation. The act creates the just transition office in the division of employment and training in the department of labor and employment. A just transition advisory committee will develop a draft just transition plan, and the director of the office will submit a final just transition plan to the governor and general assembly, regarding proposed:

## 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_hb1314_s_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1314_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1314_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/05/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1314_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1314bus_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1314app.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1314ssta_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1314sstaapp.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (04/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1314_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1314_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (04/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1314_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (05/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1314_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **19–16** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **20–15** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **23–41** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **40–24** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **20–15** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **24–11** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **40–24** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **38–26** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- KC Becker — primary (person)
- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
- Rochelle Galindo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **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`
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments
- **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 `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Legislative Council Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Legislative Council `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71c56edc-f761-4b54-ae3b-d83cd2b402a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).