republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/sb-19-028.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow On And Off Premises Beer Licenses Rural Areas"
description: "Alcohol beverages - fermented malt beverage licenses - sale for consumption on and off the licensed premises - continued availability in rural areas. Recent legislation (Senate Bill 18-243, concerning the retail sale of alcohol beverages) terminated the licensing of retailers to sell fermented malt beverages (formerly known as \"3.2 beer\" but now including all beer) for consumption on and off a licensed premises as of June 4, 2018, requiring the holder of such a license to combine its renewal application with an application to convert the license into either a license to sell for consumption on the licensed premises or a license to sell for consumption off the licensed premises."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-028"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-028 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Holbert", "Hugh McKean", "Jeff Bridges", "Julie McCluskie"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-02-20T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fa017bb-6f21-45a1-8229-267d80c40e87"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-028"
source_hash: "083ab82d0fac3cea7b343fedbaf64beb5715142adcf15e71c252746bb867f028"
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 19-028 (2019A) — Allow On And Off Premises Beer Licenses Rural Areas

Alcohol beverages - fermented malt beverage licenses - sale for consumption on and off the licensed premises - continued availability in rural areas. Recent legislation (Senate Bill 18-243, concerning the retail sale of alcohol beverages) terminated the licensing of retailers to sell fermented malt beverages (formerly known as "3.2 beer" but now including all beer) for consumption on and off a licensed premises as of June 4, 2018, requiring the holder of such a license to combine its renewal application with an application to convert the license into either a license to sell for consumption on the licensed premises or a license to sell for consumption off the licensed premises.

## 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_sb028_h_bus_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_028_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (02/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_028_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_028_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (01/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_028_rn2.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (02/05/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_028_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (02/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_028_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (02/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_028_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Holbert — primary (person)
- Hugh McKean — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
- **2019-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fa017bb-6f21-45a1-8229-267d80c40e87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).