---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Cold Case Task Force"
description: "Sunset - cold case task force. The act continues the cold case task force until 2026.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-163"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-163 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rochelle Galindo", "Vicki Marble"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-21T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97c15060-dddc-46fd-886b-646f5cc5d84c"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-163"
source_hash: "bc8019c4339be240b28af5dc5073c4c1f9ab92588a46542fb72107c847e1eead"
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 19-163 (2019A) — Sunset Cold Case Task Force

Sunset - cold case task force. The act continues the cold case task force until 2026.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## 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_sb163_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_163_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/09/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_163_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_163_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_163_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_163_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_163_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_163_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **62–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rochelle Galindo — primary (person)
- Vicki Marble — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-20T06:00:00+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
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21T07:00:00+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/97c15060-dddc-46fd-886b-646f5cc5d84c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).