republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1017.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kindergarten Through Fifth Grade Social And Emotional Health Act"
description: "Colorado K-5 social and emotional heath act - pilot program - appropriation. The act creates the \"Colorado K-5 Social and Emotional Health Act\" (health act). Subject to available appropriations, the health act requires the department of education (department) to select up to 10 pilot schools (pilot school) to participate in a pilot program that ensures that a school mental health professional, as defined in the health act, is dedicated to each of grades kindergarten through fifth grade, with a ratio of mental health professionals to students of approximately one per 250 students. To the extent possible, the school mental health professional shall follow the same students through each grade. The general assembly shall appropriate the resources necessary for the pilot school to hire or contract with the additional school mental health professionals. The department shall select pilot schools that meet the characteristics outlined in the health act, including high poverty, ethnic diversity, and a large concentration of students in the foster care system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1017"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1017 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff9866df-fe3b-4351-b0c3-afe942a630eb"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1017"
source_hash: "70ff92c6d0d3c36531a399cda4b27c9dee95fa30068eadeb0837edf837dda086"
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 HB 19-1017 (2019A) — Kindergarten Through Fifth Grade Social And Emotional Health Act

Colorado K-5 social and emotional heath act - pilot program - appropriation. The act creates the "Colorado K-5 Social and Emotional Health Act" (health act). Subject to available appropriations, the health act requires the department of education (department) to select up to 10 pilot schools (pilot school) to participate in a pilot program that ensures that a school mental health professional, as defined in the health act, is dedicated to each of grades kindergarten through fifth grade, with a ratio of mental health professionals to students of approximately one per 250 students. To the extent possible, the school mental health professional shall follow the same students through each grade. The general assembly shall appropriate the resources necessary for the pilot school to hire or contract with the additional school mental health professionals. The department shall select pilot schools that meet the characteristics outlined in the health act, including high poverty, ethnic diversity, and a large concentration of students in the foster care system.

## 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_hb1017_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1017_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1017_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1017_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1017ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1017app.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1017_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/03/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1017_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1017_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1017_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD — **26–37** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **22–41** (fail) · upper
- BILL — **40–23** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **25–38** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **24–39** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **27–36** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **21–42** (fail) · upper
- BILL — **22–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education + Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff9866df-fe3b-4351-b0c3-afe942a630eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).