---
type: "Bill"
title: "Collect Long-term Climate Change Data"
description: "Air pollution - greenhouse gas emission reporting - air quality control commission - rules - appropriation. The act requires the air quality control commission in the department of public health and environment (department) to collect greenhouse gas emissions data from greenhouse gas-emitting entities and report on the data, including a forecast of future emissions. The commission will adopt rules by June 1, 2020, to require the reporting, and propose draft rules by July 1, 2020, to cost-effectively allow the state to meet its greenhouse gas emission reduction goals. The act also requires the division of administration in the department to update a statewide inventory of greenhouse gas emissions by sector and to post the findings of the inventory on the division's website through 2030."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-096"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-096 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Hansen", "Kerry Donovan"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 17
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-23T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46340efc-ced7-424a-b26f-9005f90199f0"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-096"
source_hash: "3d7dbf58c07a31d1c94dc198c3c15be1a9e66961906d30bf02949b30cec1405e"
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 19-096 (2019A) — Collect Long-term Climate Change Data

Air pollution - greenhouse gas emission reporting - air quality control commission - rules - appropriation. The act requires the air quality control commission in the department of public health and environment (department) to collect greenhouse gas emissions data from greenhouse gas-emitting entities and report on the data, including a forecast of future emissions. The commission will adopt rules by June 1, 2020, to require the reporting, and propose draft rules by July 1, 2020, to cost-effectively allow the state to meet its greenhouse gas emission reduction goals. The act also requires the division of administration in the department to update a statewide inventory of greenhouse gas emissions by sector and to post the findings of the inventory on the division's website through 2030.

## 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_sb096_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_096_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_096_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_096_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_096stra_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_096straapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_096sa_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (05/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_096app.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (04/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_096_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/03/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_096_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (05/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_096_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (05/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_096_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **19–15** (pass) · lower
- PERM — **39–25** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **40–24** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **15–20** (fail) · lower
- REPASS — **21–13** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **33–1** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **15–20** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **40–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46340efc-ced7-424a-b26f-9005f90199f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).