---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change Maximum Criminal Penalty One Year To 364 Days"
description: "Criminal sentencing - misdemeanors and municipal violations - change maximum penalty from one year to 364 days. Under current law, the maximum sentence for a class 2 misdemeanor, level 2 drug misdemeanor, a misdemeanor without a fixed statutory penalty, and a municipal ordinance violation is one year. The act changes the maximum sentence to 364 days.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1148"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1148 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Leslie Herod"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-29T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4e63267-7339-43fc-a341-02fb3d19a122"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1148"
source_hash: "4be824aca1a4a44c7b0a545ab501648b7138fc95ef95f6c3562503fdbce525f8"
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 HB 19-1148 (2019A) — Change Maximum Criminal Penalty One Year To 364 Days

Criminal sentencing - misdemeanors and municipal violations - change maximum penalty from one year to 364 days. Under current law, the maximum sentence for a class 2 misdemeanor, level 2 drug misdemeanor, a misdemeanor without a fixed statutory penalty, and a municipal ordinance violation is one year. The act changes the maximum sentence to 364 days.(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_hb1148_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1148_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1148_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1148_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1148_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1148_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/07/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1148_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1148_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **41–21** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **24–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/b4e63267-7339-43fc-a341-02fb3d19a122`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).