republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/sb-19-242.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Emergency Medical Service Providers Licensing	Emergency medical service providers - application for licensure - eligibility. The act authorizes a certified emergency medical service (EMS) provider to apply for licensure from the department of public health and environment based on a demonstration to the satisfaction of the department that the EMS provider has completed a 4-year bachelor's degree program from an accredited college or university in a field related to the health sciences or an equivalent field, as determined by the state board of health by rule.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2019A	SB 19-242	Colorado SB 19-242 (2019A)	bill		enacted	Chris Kennedy Leroy Garcia	8	16	3	2019-04-15T06:00:00+00:00	2019-05-31T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c8c91083-8490-4874-8975-e077861cf630	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-242	9e34cf1f239f6df61ec2a389916b8e43e31823c3bce60e0ea3289e7aa3829a6a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 19-242 (2019A) — Emergency Medical Service Providers Licensing

Emergency medical service providers - application for licensure - eligibility. The act authorizes a certified emergency medical service (EMS) provider to apply for licensure from the department of public health and environment based on a demonstration to the satisfaction of the department that the EMS provider has completed a 4-year bachelor's degree program from an accredited college or university in a field related to the health sciences or an equivalent field, as determined by the state board of health by rule.

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 (05/21/2019) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/15/2019) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (04/24/2019) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (05/03/2019) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (04/29/2019) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (05/31/2019) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 64–0 (pass) · lower
• COW * — 34–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chris Kennedy — primary (person)
• Leroy Garcia — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-05-31T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2019-05-21T06:00:00+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
• 2019-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 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 Health & Insurance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance 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 - Floor reading-2
• 2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2019-04-15T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8c91083-8490-4874-8975-e077861cf630. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).