---
type: "Bill"
title: "Inquiry Into College Applicant Criminal History"
description: "State institutions of higher education - application for admission - criminal or educational disciplinary history inquiry. A state institution of higher education (institution) is prohibited from inquiring, prior to admission, about an applicant's criminal history or disciplinary history at an elementary, secondary, or postsecondary institution (disciplinary history); except that the institution may inquire into the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-170"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-170 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack Tate", "Leslie Herod", "Matt Soper", "Robert Rodriguez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-28T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4d43666-f22f-474f-97d2-5f3397e3fd96"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-170"
source_hash: "3a61e244a773c0c8e1c2a8a56fd62b4371424e0c886584adbc3417b242ca08c6"
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 19-170 (2019A) — Inquiry Into College Applicant Criminal History

State institutions of higher education - application for admission - criminal or educational disciplinary history inquiry. A state institution of higher education (institution) is prohibited from inquiring, prior to admission, about an applicant's criminal history or disciplinary history at an elementary, secondary, or postsecondary institution (disciplinary history); except that the institution may inquire into the following:

## 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_sb170_h_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/05/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_170_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_170_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_170_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_170sedu_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_170_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_170_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_170_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_170_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **28–7** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **43–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jack Tate — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+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
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2019-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2019-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4d43666-f22f-474f-97d2-5f3397e3fd96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).