---
type: "Bill"
title: "Additions To Definition Of Sexual Contact"
description: "Sex offenses - sexual contact definitions. The act adds the following conduct to the definition of sexual contact for the purposes of defining sex crimes:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1155"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1155 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Mike Foote", "Paul Lundeen", "Terri Carver"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-29T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b21732e6-1e92-4129-823a-8cd9965967ba"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1155"
source_hash: "661dc3f49e3b645fad1f5e9428cc2bdbf732e07929b1a03d0e89cd0bfec33c0b"
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 19-1155 (2019A) — Additions To Definition Of Sexual Contact

Sex offenses - sexual contact definitions. The act adds the following conduct to the definition of sexual contact for the purposes of defining sex crimes:

## 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_hb1155_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1155_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1155_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1155_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1155_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1155_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1155_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1155_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Mike Foote — primary (person)
- Paul Lundeen — primary (person)
- Terri Carver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `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/b21732e6-1e92-4129-823a-8cd9965967ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).