---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Medical Service Providers Licensing"
description: "Emergency medical service providers - application for licensure - eligibility. The act authorizes a certified emergency medical service (EMS) provider to apply for licensure from the department of public health and environment based on a demonstration to the satisfaction of the department that the EMS provider has completed a 4-year bachelor's degree program from an accredited college or university in a field related to the health sciences or an equivalent field, as determined by the state board of health by rule."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-242"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-242 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Kennedy", "Leroy Garcia"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8c91083-8490-4874-8975-e077861cf630"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-242"
source_hash: "9e34cf1f239f6df61ec2a389916b8e43e31823c3bce60e0ea3289e7aa3829a6a"
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 19-242 (2019A) — Emergency Medical Service Providers Licensing

Emergency medical service providers - application for licensure - eligibility. The act authorizes a certified emergency medical service (EMS) provider to apply for licensure from the department of public health and environment based on a demonstration to the satisfaction of the department that the EMS provider has completed a 4-year bachelor's degree program from an accredited college or university in a field related to the health sciences or an equivalent field, as determined by the state board of health by rule.

## 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_sb242_h_hi_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_242_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_242_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_242_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_242_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/03/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_242_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_242_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/31/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_242_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **34–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Kennedy — primary (person)
- Leroy Garcia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-31T06:00:00+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** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **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 Health & Insurance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `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 - Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15T06:00:00+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/c8c91083-8490-4874-8975-e077861cf630`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).