---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Public Utilities Commission"
description: "Public utilities commission - continuation under sunset law - distribution system planning - workforce transition planning - clean energy plan - wholesale electric cooperative electric resource plan - vehicle booting regulation - energy impact bonds - rules - appropriation. The act implements the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies' 2018 sunset review and report on the public utilities commission (commission) by:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-236"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-236 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Hansen", "KC Becker", "Leroy Garcia", "Stephen Fenberg"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 18
vote_count: 15
first_action: "2019-04-09T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9873f37f-a18f-479b-baf7-6ebe1fd4d446"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-236"
source_hash: "f7fe23fdbe47e97c12df2c7f81440ef32a46b3c5d8aa51a0b2dc6e9fa51e9d58"
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 19-236 (2019A) — Sunset Public Utilities Commission

Public utilities commission - continuation under sunset law - distribution system planning - workforce transition planning - clean energy plan - wholesale electric cooperative electric resource plan - vehicle booting regulation - energy impact bonds - rules - appropriation. The act implements the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies' 2018 sunset review and report on the public utilities commission (commission) by:

## 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_sb236_h_fin_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_236_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_236_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/09/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_236_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_236stra_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_236sstraapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_236sa_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (05/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_236fin.pdf)
9. **PA5 (05/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_236app.pdf)
10. **Reengrossed (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_236_ren.pdf)
11. **Rerevised (05/03/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_236_rer.pdf)
12. **Revised (05/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_236_rev.pdf)
13. **Signed Act (05/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_236_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **20–15** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **40–24** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **16–18** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–18** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–18** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **21–14** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **16–18** (fail) · lower
- PERM — **40–24** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **44–20** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **30–34** (fail) · lower
- PERM — **58–6** (pass) · lower
- PERM — **38–26** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **21–13** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **16–18** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- KC Becker — primary (person)
- Leroy Garcia — primary (person)
- Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `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 to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9873f37f-a18f-479b-baf7-6ebe1fd4d446`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).