republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/sb-19-005.md

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Bill	Import Prescription Drugs From Canada	Prescription drugs - Canadian prescription drug importation program - federal approval - eligible importers and suppliers - eligible prescription drugs - distribution requirements - reports - rules - appropriations. The act creates the "Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program" (program) in the department of health care policy and financing (department). On or before September 1, 2020, the department shall submit a request to the United States secretary of health and human services for approval of the program. The department shall begin operating the program not later than 6 months after receiving such approval. The department may expend money for the purpose of requesting approval of the program, but the department cannot spend any other money to implement the program until the department receives approval of the program.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2019A	SB 19-005	Colorado SB 19-005 (2019A)	bill		enacted	Joann Ginal Robert Rodriguez Sonya Jaquez Lewis	12	16	6	2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00	2019-05-16T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/96b91cf9-0ecc-447a-9b2a-135016f61f51	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-005	47c4ab90d241ce2e0cf51c9b030c2678d493a1fbafeaab01a4b78a72ef2d6378	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 19-005 (2019A) — Import Prescription Drugs From Canada

Prescription drugs - Canadian prescription drug importation program - federal approval - eligible importers and suppliers - eligible prescription drugs - distribution requirements - reports - rules - appropriations. The act creates the "Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program" (program) in the department of health care policy and financing (department). On or before September 1, 2020, the department shall submit a request to the United States secretary of health and human services for approval of the program. The department shall begin operating the program not later than 6 months after receiving such approval. The department may expend money for the purpose of requesting approval of the program, but the department cannot spend any other money to implement the program until the department receives approval of the program.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/22/2019) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/07/2019) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/04/2019) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/01/2019) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (03/19/2019) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (04/25/2019) (committee substitute) — source
8. PA4 (05/01/2019) (committee substitute) — source
9. Reengrossed (03/25/2019) (committee substitute) — source
10. Rerevised (05/02/2019) (committee substitute) — source
11. Revised (05/01/2019) (committee substitute) — source
12. Signed Act (05/16/2019) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 20–14 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 41–22 (pass) · lower
• PERM — 39–23 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 35–0 (pass) · lower
• AMD — 39–23 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 20–15 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Joann Ginal — primary (person)
• Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)
• Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-05-16T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2019-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2019-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 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
• 2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2019-03-25T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance introduction
• 2019-03-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2019-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2019-01-31T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/96b91cf9-0ecc-447a-9b2a-135016f61f51. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).