---
type: "Bill"
title: "Harm Reduction Substance Use Disorders"
description: "Substance use disorders - school districts, nonpublic schools, and specified public persons may obtain and administer opiate antagonists - definition of drug paraphernalia - hospitals as clean syringe exchange sites - opiate antagonist bulk purchase fund - household medication take-back program - identity verification for individuals initiating into treatment - appropriation. The act:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-227"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-227 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Chris Kennedy", "Julie Gonzales", "Leslie Herod"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c757617f-c51e-4453-ae64-abb5af4f5b1a"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-227"
source_hash: "15f04eb4d8fe136a033d22165fa84894ca4c73c6143dea0a3731f1e10b8d5f45"
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 19-227 (2019A) — Harm Reduction Substance Use Disorders

Substance use disorders - school districts, nonpublic schools, and specified public persons may obtain and administer opiate antagonists - definition of drug paraphernalia - hospitals as clean syringe exchange sites - opiate antagonist bulk purchase fund - household medication take-back program - identity verification for individuals initiating into treatment - appropriation. 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_sb227_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_227_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_227_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_227_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_227shhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_227shhsapp.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_227_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_227_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_227_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_227_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD — **24–40** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **28–7** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **40–24** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **29–35** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Chris Kennedy — primary (person)
- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-23T06:00:00+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
- **2019-05-13T06:00:00+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
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c757617f-c51e-4453-ae64-abb5af4f5b1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).