republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1334.md

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Bill	Ban Posting Images Of A Suicide	Prohibiting posting image of a minor committing suicide - class 3 misdemeanor - exceptions. The act prohibits a person from intentionally posting or distributing, through the use of social media or any website, or disseminating through other means, an image of a minor attempting suicide, dying by suicide, or having died by suicide, with the intent to harass, intimidate, or coerce any person, and the posting or distribution results in serious emotional distress to any person. It is a class 3 misdemeanor for the first person who posts, distributes, or disseminates the image, for all others it is a civil infraction with a $100 penalty. It is not an offense if the posting or distribution of the image is a fictional work or a documentary; related to a matter of public interest or public concern; related to the reporting of unlawful conduct; or is the lawful and common practices of law enforcement, criminal reporting, legal proceedings, or medical treatment. The act is known as "Lil' Von Mercado's Law".(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2019A	HB 19-1334	Colorado HB 19-1334 (2019A)	bill		enacted	Lori Saine Vicki Marble	9	12	4	2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00	2019-05-31T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f3dcafbf-c91e-4732-a663-aa6995d0ba8f	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1334	0d917467cebd8330c41806888fe5dae18361ca18033ffda974e831880bad5da3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 19-1334 (2019A) — Ban Posting Images Of A Suicide

Prohibiting posting image of a minor committing suicide - class 3 misdemeanor - exceptions. The act prohibits a person from intentionally posting or distributing, through the use of social media or any website, or disseminating through other means, an image of a minor attempting suicide, dying by suicide, or having died by suicide, with the intent to harass, intimidate, or coerce any person, and the posting or distribution results in serious emotional distress to any person. It is a class 3 misdemeanor for the first person who posts, distributes, or disseminates the image, for all others it is a civil infraction with a $100 penalty. It is not an offense if the posting or distribution of the image is a fictional work or a documentary; related to a matter of public interest or public concern; related to the reporting of unlawful conduct; or is the lawful and common practices of law enforcement, criminal reporting, legal proceedings, or medical treatment. The act is known as "Lil' Von Mercado's Law".(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
2. Engrossed (05/01/2019) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/16/2019) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/26/2019) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (05/01/2019) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (05/02/2019) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/03/2019) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (05/02/2019) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (05/31/2019) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• AMD — 62–1 (pass) · upper
• PERM — 63–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 58–5 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 34–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lori Saine — primary (person)
• Vicki Marble — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-05-31T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2019-05-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2019-05-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2019-05-16T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor passage, reading-3
• 2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f3dcafbf-c91e-4732-a663-aa6995d0ba8f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).