---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statute Of Limitation Failure Report Child Abuse"
description: "Statute of limitations - failure to report child sexual abuse - 3 years. The act makes the statute of limitations 3 years for failure to report child abuse when a mandatory reporter has reasonable cause to know or suspect that a child has been subjected to unlawful sexual behavior or observed the child being subjected to circumstances or conditions that would reasonably result in unlawful sexual behavior.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-049"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-049 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-07T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db8c6fcc-41db-42b4-8b03-48f1097ee801"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-049"
source_hash: "a271eaa3d28bdc0c2a7c3fe992755a87d209206636689ed1059280d82593a79b"
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 19-049 (2019A) — Statute Of Limitation Failure Report Child Abuse

Statute of limitations - failure to report child sexual abuse - 3 years. The act makes the statute of limitations 3 years for failure to report child abuse when a mandatory reporter has reasonable cause to know or suspect that a child has been subjected to unlawful sexual behavior or observed the child being subjected to circumstances or conditions that would reasonably result in unlawful sexual behavior.(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_sb049_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_049_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_049_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/07/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_049_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/07/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_049sjud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (02/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_049jud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_049_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/06/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_049_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/05/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_049_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (03/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_049_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **65–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **31–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/db8c6fcc-41db-42b4-8b03-48f1097ee801`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).