---
type: "Bill"
title: "Actions Related To Competency To Proceed"
description: "Competency to proceed - timing - services - reports - tracking system - placement guidelines - training - immunity - appropriations. When a defendant's competency to proceed is raised, the act:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-223"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-223 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Lois Landgraf", "Mike Weissman", "Pete Lee"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-29T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f96f82e7-f7d9-4d22-a1d7-a2a300d92d58"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-223"
source_hash: "a5e601bde079b1e8d8a5185b88a6b6c00c4f6524697c6f0076b8b2565c4e854c"
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 19-223 (2019A) — Actions Related To Competency To Proceed

Competency to proceed - timing - services - reports - tracking system - placement guidelines - training - immunity - appropriations. When a defendant's competency to proceed is raised, the act:

## 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_sb223_h_app_007.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (2) (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_223_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_223_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_223_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_223sjud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_223sjudapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_223app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_223_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_223_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_223_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_223_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **59–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Lois Landgraf — primary (person)
- Mike Weissman — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2019-03-29T06:00:00+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/f96f82e7-f7d9-4d22-a1d7-a2a300d92d58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).