---
type: "Bill"
title: "Interdistrict Transportation Of Students"
description: "Interdistrict transportation of students. The act restores the statutory language in section 22-32-113 to the language as it existed before the statute was amended by section 7 of House Bill 18-1306, concerning ensuring educational stability for students in out-of-home placement. Section 7 has been declared void by a Colorado court for violating section 21 of article V of the Colorado constitution that requires bills to contain a single subject clearly expressed in the bill's title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-039"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-039 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Rachel Zenzinger", "Tammy Story"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-07T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bea08fb2-4b85-4477-a1f1-70a2eaefb5d4"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-039"
source_hash: "9eafff99f079b4c26a85bf05d3c9206151bccb22fae2e6b6fdfd38e8b50fc5dc"
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 SB 19-039 (2019A) — Interdistrict Transportation Of Students

Interdistrict transportation of students. The act restores the statutory language in section 22-32-113 to the language as it existed before the statute was amended by section 7 of House Bill 18-1306, concerning ensuring educational stability for students in out-of-home placement. Section 7 has been declared void by a Colorado court for violating section 21 of article V of the Colorado constitution that requires bills to contain a single subject clearly expressed in the bill's title.

## 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_sb039_h_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_039_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (02/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_039_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_039_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (01/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_039_rn2.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (02/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_039_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (02/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_039_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/07/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_039_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **42–21** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **16–18** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **17–17** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **22–40** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–18** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **22–40** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–18** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **21–41** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–18** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **20–42** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–18** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **19–16** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **21–41** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **22–40** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2019-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bea08fb2-4b85-4477-a1f1-70a2eaefb5d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).