---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unclaimed Property Trust Fund Transfer"
description: "Unclaimed property trust fund - transfer - general fund. On July 1, 2019, the act requires the state treasurer to transfer $30 million from the unclaimed property trust fund to the general fund. The amount transferred constitutes fiscal year spending subject to the state fiscal year spending limit.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-261"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-261 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daneya Esgar", "Dominick Moreno", "John Cooke", "Perry Will"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87528015-9cc7-4795-a4d2-cff4368169ad"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-261"
source_hash: "4ce5dc0c11300709d0d9384154ef6814441f5d9b3a8b0108ebd78df61317279f"
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 19-261 (2019A) — Unclaimed Property Trust Fund Transfer

Unclaimed property trust fund - transfer - general fund. On July 1, 2019, the act requires the state treasurer to transfer $30 million from the unclaimed property trust fund to the general fund. The amount transferred constitutes fiscal year spending subject to the state fiscal year spending limit.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## 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_sb261_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_261_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_261_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_261_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (05/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_261_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_261_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_261_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_261_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **28–7** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **55–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87528015-9cc7-4795-a4d2-cff4368169ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).