---
type: "Bill"
title: "Name Simplification Of Western State Colorado University"
description: "Western state Colorado university - name change. The act simplifies the name of Western state Colorado university to Western Colorado university.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1178"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1178 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Kerry Donovan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28cee4b9-6097-45db-9c1d-b6133531715d"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1178"
source_hash: "26b14a1c71e760663a777bbe38676340472b215f94188913164b48407ee7233f"
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 19-1178 (2019A) — Name Simplification Of Western State Colorado University

Western state Colorado university - name change. The act simplifies the name of Western state Colorado university to Western Colorado university.(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_hb1178_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/07/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1178_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1178_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/14/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1178_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1178_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1178_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/09/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1178_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/31/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1178_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **31–4** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **58–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2019-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28cee4b9-6097-45db-9c1d-b6133531715d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).