---
type: "Bill"
title: "Update Business Entity Laws"
description: "Business entities - updates to governing law - appropriation. The act makes the following changes to the \"Colorado Business Corporation Act\" (CBCA) and conforming changes to the \"Colorado Corporations and Associations Act\" (CCAA):"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-086"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-086 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pete Lee", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb579c60-21e6-42cb-afd2-b94112b29e48"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-086"
source_hash: "557ed3b64abe092fa06c07f6e100d67622e0409660f596967a90515dcf90b440"
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 19-086 (2019A) — Update Business Entity Laws

Business entities - updates to governing law - appropriation. The act makes the following changes to the "Colorado Business Corporation Act" (CBCA) and conforming changes to the "Colorado Corporations and Associations Act" (CCAA):

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment L.001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/63999e875983af64872583970070c0bb__hearing_summary/19SenateJud0204AttachA.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_sb086_h_app_006.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (03/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_086_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (05/09/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_086_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (01/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_086_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (02/05/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_086sjud_01.pdf)
7. **PA2 (03/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_086sjudapp.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (03/14/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_086_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_086_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_086_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_086_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **62–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pete Lee — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor + Appropriations `introduction`
- **2019-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17T07:00:00+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/cb579c60-21e6-42cb-afd2-b94112b29e48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).