---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Hearsay Exception"
description: "Child hearsay exception. The act amends the statutory exception to the hearsay rule to admit an out-of-court statement made by a child if certain conditions are satisfied in:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-071"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-071 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dylan Roberts", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65523069-cc41-45e0-adb7-e7c3509bd157"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-071"
source_hash: "261001e87aa4a7fcfc4730f87d012e4bc4db9e96aeab85ace2c71b833083cf1a"
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 19-071 (2019A) — Child Hearsay Exception

Child hearsay exception. The act amends the statutory exception to the hearsay rule to admit an out-of-court statement made by a child if certain conditions are satisfied in:

## 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_sb071_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_071_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/14/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_071_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_071_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/07/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_071sjud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_071_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_071_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_071_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_071_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65523069-cc41-45e0-adb7-e7c3509bd157`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).