---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado Department Of Public Health And Environment Emergency Medical And Trauma Care System"
description: "Implementation of emergency medical and trauma care systems implementation - state board of health - identification of criteria for county regional systems - repeal. The act repeals language:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-044"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-044 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edie Hooton", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-18T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/244230e2-ec19-4760-80c7-3f2544ac4da1"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-044"
source_hash: "ac2678b7f71af7cc380441987352b73079f4d1f34fe1f5f1e8797697cabd9e08"
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 19-044 (2019A) — Colorado Department Of Public Health And Environment Emergency Medical And Trauma Care System

Implementation of emergency medical and trauma care systems implementation - state board of health - identification of criteria for county regional systems - repeal. The act repeals language:

## 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_sb044_h_phc_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_044_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_044_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_044_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (01/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_044_rn2.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (02/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_044_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (02/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_044_rev.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edie Hooton — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `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`
- **2019-01-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/244230e2-ec19-4760-80c7-3f2544ac4da1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).