---
type: "Bill"
title: "Legalizing Minors' Businesses"
description: "Prohibition on local government requiring license or permit for a business operated on an occasional basis by a minor - minor business must be located sufficient distance from commercial entity - general police powers still apply. The act prohibits any county, municipality, or city and county (local government) or any agency of a local government from requiring a license or permit for a business that is:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-103"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-103 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angela Williams", "Jack Tate", "James Coleman", "Terri Carver"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-01T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a14ec0d-2e61-47d9-8a96-2f15116c7ce3"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-103"
source_hash: "d1884eb675991607e3ce9dc101fa76a3c4aebb20c3c5febaa7cb9b04a5777a25"
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 19-103 (2019A) — Legalizing Minors' Businesses

Prohibition on local government requiring license or permit for a business operated on an occasional basis by a minor - minor business must be located sufficient distance from commercial entity - general police powers still apply. The act prohibits any county, municipality, or city and county (local government) or any agency of a local government from requiring a license or permit for a business that is:

## 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_sb103_h_bus_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/14/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_103_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_103_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_103_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_103_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_103_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_103_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_103_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **29–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Angela Williams — primary (person)
- Jack Tate — primary (person)
- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Terri Carver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2019-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
- **2019-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a14ec0d-2e61-47d9-8a96-2f15116c7ce3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).