---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cryptocurrency Exemption Colorado Digital Token Act"
description: "Securities - registration and licensing requirements - exemptions - cryptocurrency - Colorado Digital Token Act. The act provides limited exemptions from the securities registration and securities broker-dealer and salesperson licensing requirements for persons dealing in digital tokens. \"Digital token\" is defined as a digital unit with specified characteristics, secured through a decentralized ledger or database, exchangeable for goods or services, and capable of being traded or transferred between persons without an intermediary or custodian of value.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-023"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-023 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hugh McKean", "Jack Tate", "Stephen Fenberg", "Tracy Kraft-Tharp"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-06T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed316a0b-cd89-47df-abc6-d5733c380003"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-023"
source_hash: "32df62a811b2bbf0c18e9075312d0670f42779b9a362e1b5b1d26fa5aefd5ee2"
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 19-023 (2019A) — Cryptocurrency Exemption Colorado Digital Token Act

Securities - registration and licensing requirements - exemptions - cryptocurrency - Colorado Digital Token Act. The act provides limited exemptions from the securities registration and securities broker-dealer and salesperson licensing requirements for persons dealing in digital tokens. "Digital token" is defined as a digital unit with specified characteristics, secured through a decentralized ledger or database, exchangeable for goods or services, and capable of being traded or transferred between persons without an intermediary or custodian of value.(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_sb023_h_bus_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_023_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (02/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_023_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_023_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (01/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_023_rn2.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (02/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_023_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (02/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_023_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/06/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_023_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hugh McKean — primary (person)
- Jack Tate — primary (person)
- Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)
- Tracy Kraft-Tharp — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **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`
- **2019-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
- **2019-01-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-01-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed316a0b-cd89-47df-abc6-d5733c380003`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).