republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/sb-19-008.md

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Bill	Substance Use Disorder Treatment In Criminal Justice System	Substance use disorders - alternatives to arrest and criminal charges for persons in need of substance use treatment - treatment in prisons and jails - record sealing - harm reduction program - appropriation. The act enacts policies related to the involvement of persons with substance use disorders in the criminal justice system. The Colorado commission on criminal and juvenile justice is required to study and make recommendations concerning:	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2019A	SB 19-008	Colorado SB 19-008 (2019A)	bill		enacted	Brittany Pettersen Kevin Priola	11	17	4	2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00	2019-05-23T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/61459fe0-c36e-4e42-8eff-e6759cacebc4	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-008	3902321d22f6f8f8ee7145e93fc55ea15da1c6705a09db2228cbe835292991a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 19-008 (2019A) — Substance Use Disorder Treatment In Criminal Justice System

Substance use disorders - alternatives to arrest and criminal charges for persons in need of substance use treatment - treatment in prisons and jails - record sealing - harm reduction program - appropriation. The act enacts policies related to the involvement of persons with substance use disorders in the criminal justice system. The Colorado commission on criminal and juvenile justice is required to study and make recommendations concerning:

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/23/2019) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/15/2019) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/04/2019) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/04/2019) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/19/2019) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (04/29/2019) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (04/24/2019) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (04/30/2019) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (04/29/2019) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (05/23/2019) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONCUR — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• REPASS — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 47–17 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
• Kevin Priola — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-05-23T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2019-05-16T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-15T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2019-05-15T06:00:00+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, Floor
• 2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Finance referral-committee
• 2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary 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 with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2019-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2019-04-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Finance referral-committee
• 2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/61459fe0-c36e-4e42-8eff-e6759cacebc4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).