---
type: "Bill"
title: "Time Requirements For Food Stamp Appeals"
description: "Food stamp program - rule-making - appeal deadline. The act grants the department of human services rule-making authority to require any party to file a notice of intent to file exceptions with the state department within five days after service of the initial decision upon the party, or otherwise forgo the ability to file exceptions.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-245"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-245 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Kerry Tipper"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a24a58e-4208-4fe9-8c22-1976a1eabd62"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-245"
source_hash: "359bcbb0e273795cf7c2043a96c2aecc4acc67979276ed470f9c04ff20b76c2b"
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 19-245 (2019A) — Time Requirements For Food Stamp Appeals

Food stamp program - rule-making - appeal deadline. The act grants the department of human services rule-making authority to require any party to file a notice of intent to file exceptions with the state department within five days after service of the initial decision upon the party, or otherwise forgo the ability to file exceptions.(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_sb245_h_hi_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_245_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_245_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_245_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_245hi_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_245_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_245_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_245_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_245_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Kerry Tipper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `introduction`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a24a58e-4208-4fe9-8c22-1976a1eabd62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).