---
type: "Bill"
title: "Open Internet Customer Protections In Colorado"
description: "Internet service providers - state-funded broadband deployment - state procurement preferences - open internet requirements to receive state funds or contracts - complaints to federal trade commission. Section 1 of the act disqualifies an internet service provider (ISP) from receiving money through a grant from the broadband deployment board (board) or through any state fund established to help finance broadband deployment if the ISP engages in any of the following practices:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-078"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-078 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Hansen", "Jeff Bridges", "Kerry Donovan", "Leslie Herod"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a134c17-95dd-4ea8-9f4e-4853f035a6ae"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-078"
source_hash: "3816df22040f08acf115611cb0abec23e1469bae8960a34fe4ac4863760d4baa"
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 19-078 (2019A) — Open Internet Customer Protections In Colorado

Internet service providers - state-funded broadband deployment - state procurement preferences - open internet requirements to receive state funds or contracts - complaints to federal trade commission. Section 1 of the act disqualifies an internet service provider (ISP) from receiving money through a grant from the broadband deployment board (board) or through any state fund established to help finance broadband deployment if the ISP engages in any of the following practices:

## 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_sb078_h_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/05/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_078_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_078_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/14/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_078_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_078ssta_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/06/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_078_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_078_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/03/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_078_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_078_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD — **24–40** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **19–15** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **41–22** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **32–32** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2019-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2019-01-14T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a134c17-95dd-4ea8-9f4e-4853f035a6ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).