---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commissions On Judicial Performance"
description: "Commissions on judicial performance - senior judges - vacancies - surveys. Currently, senior judges are evaluated by the state commission on judicial performance (state commission). The act repeals this provision and makes conforming amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-187"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-187 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Hugh McKean", "Pete Lee", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-07T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8017d6ab-0350-4965-a864-65acfb2aa23c"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-187"
source_hash: "1010f37a69408f479d29467613ecd3d224b38b0bcc9affb84eb977d804a95671"
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 19-187 (2019A) — Commissions On Judicial Performance

Commissions on judicial performance - senior judges - vacancies - surveys. Currently, senior judges are evaluated by the state commission on judicial performance (state commission). The act repeals this provision and makes conforming amendments.

## 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_sb187_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_187_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/09/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_187_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/07/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_187_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_187sjud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/09/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_187_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_187_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_187_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_187_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **51–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Hugh McKean — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-30T06:00:00+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
- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07T07:00:00+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/8017d6ab-0350-4965-a864-65acfb2aa23c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).