---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord And Tenant Duties Regarding Bed Bugs"
description: "Tenants and landlords - bed bugs in residential premises. The act requires a tenant to promptly notify the tenant's landlord via written or electronic notice when the tenant knows or reasonably suspects that the tenant's dwelling unit contains bed bugs. A tenant who gives the notice electronically shall send it only to the e-mail address, telephone number, or electronic portal specified by the landlord in the rental agreement for communications. In the absence of such a provision in the rental agreement, the tenant shall communicate with the landlord in a manner that the landlord has previously used to communicate with the tenant. The tenant shall retain sufficient proof of the delivery of the electronic notice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1328"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1328 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leslie Herod", "Robert Rodriguez"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/259aac03-c01d-42cf-959f-0cb6861cb92e"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1328"
source_hash: "e2ae72c91f9e4c36c0291b1f850fe95ddcc05d02f1f078b0291f455977b35e89"
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 19-1328 (2019A) — Landlord And Tenant Duties Regarding Bed Bugs

Tenants and landlords - bed bugs in residential premises. The act requires a tenant to promptly notify the tenant's landlord via written or electronic notice when the tenant knows or reasonably suspects that the tenant's dwelling unit contains bed bugs. A tenant who gives the notice electronically shall send it only to the e-mail address, telephone number, or electronic portal specified by the landlord in the rental agreement for communications. In the absence of such a provision in the rental agreement, the tenant shall communicate with the landlord in a manner that the landlord has previously used to communicate with the tenant. The tenant shall retain sufficient proof of the delivery of the electronic notice.

## 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_hb1328_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1328_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1328_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1328_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1328fin_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1328ssta_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1328_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/03/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1328_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1328_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/03/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1328_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **48–15** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **41–22** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **11–24** (fail) · lower
- REPASS — **42–21** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **27–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leslie Herod — primary (person)
- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-17T06:00:00+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
- **2019-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/259aac03-c01d-42cf-959f-0cb6861cb92e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).