republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/sb-19-040.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish Colorado Fire Commission"
description: "Colorado fire commission - creation - powers and duties - repeal - appropriation. The Colorado fire commission (commission) is created in the division of fire prevention and control in the department of public safety. The commission's purpose is to enhance public safety in Colorado through an integrated statewide process focused on the fire service's capacity to conduct fire management and use, preparedness, prevention, and response activities to safeguard lives, property, and natural resources, and increase the resiliency of local and regional communities. The commission is charged with developing an accurate understanding of Colorado's fire problems, reviewing the current emergency fire fund program, evaluating the funding mechanisms for effective response to large fires, assessing the capacity of the state to provide emergency fire support and technical expertise to local communities, developing performance measures of overall response effectiveness, strengthening statewide and regional coordination, developing best practice recommendations related to high-risk occupancies, developing and publishing an assessment of fire treatment costs and cost distribution, developing methodical approaches to Colorado's fire service concerns, and forecasting upcoming funding and resource challenges. The commission may establish task forces to study and make recommendations on specific subjects within the commission's areas of study. The commission is repealed, effective September 1, 2024, and is subject to a sunset review prior to its repeal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-040"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-040 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Hisey", "Dylan Roberts", "Rhonda Fields", "Terri Carver"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a88cb1b0-5f01-4b99-a02f-f20ceda9beb5"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-040"
source_hash: "0c3a9e9e138de48329fe5c6072c562b23a6f6e40f956f2224295aac14d8554dd"
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 19-040 (2019A) — Establish Colorado Fire Commission

Colorado fire commission - creation - powers and duties - repeal - appropriation. The Colorado fire commission (commission) is created in the division of fire prevention and control in the department of public safety. The commission's purpose is to enhance public safety in Colorado through an integrated statewide process focused on the fire service's capacity to conduct fire management and use, preparedness, prevention, and response activities to safeguard lives, property, and natural resources, and increase the resiliency of local and regional communities. The commission is charged with developing an accurate understanding of Colorado's fire problems, reviewing the current emergency fire fund program, evaluating the funding mechanisms for effective response to large fires, assessing the capacity of the state to provide emergency fire support and technical expertise to local communities, developing performance measures of overall response effectiveness, strengthening statewide and regional coordination, developing best practice recommendations related to high-risk occupancies, developing and publishing an assessment of fire treatment costs and cost distribution, developing methodical approaches to Colorado's fire service concerns, and forecasting upcoming funding and resource challenges. The commission may establish task forces to study and make recommendations on specific subjects within the commission's areas of study. The commission is repealed, effective September 1, 2024, and is subject to a sunset review prior to its repeal.

## 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_sb040_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_040_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_040_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_040_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_040sagr_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_040sagrapp.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_040_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_040_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_040_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/03/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_040_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **60–4** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dennis Hisey — primary (person)
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Terri Carver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **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 - No Amendments
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Rural Affairs & Agriculture Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Rural Affairs & Agriculture `introduction`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+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 Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a88cb1b0-5f01-4b99-a02f-f20ceda9beb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).