republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1030.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unlawful Electronic Sexual Communication"
description: "Sex crimes - unlawful electronic sexual communication - minors. The act creates the crime of unlawful electronic sexual communication. The act prohibits a person from knowingly importuning, inviting, or enticing through communication via a computer network or system, telephone network, or data network or by a text message or instant message a person whom the actor knows or believes to be 15 years of age or older but less than18 years of age and at least 4 years younger than the actor, and the actor committing the offense is one in a position of trust with respect to that person, to:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1030"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1030 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Dylan Roberts", "Matt Soper", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8658f56c-e541-42a1-a823-86dd14ac1ab5"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1030"
source_hash: "57b700ff32e2278a71fe91dfa159015f678a0eaa8244646a2c787e30e754ef06"
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 19-1030 (2019A) — Unlawful Electronic Sexual Communication

Sex crimes - unlawful electronic sexual communication - minors. The act creates the crime of unlawful electronic sexual communication. The act prohibits a person from knowingly importuning, inviting, or enticing through communication via a computer network or system, telephone network, or data network or by a text message or instant message a person whom the actor knows or believes to be 15 years of age or older but less than18 years of age and at least 4 years younger than the actor, and the actor committing the offense is one in a position of trust with respect to that person, to:

## 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_hb1030_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1030_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1030_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1030_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1030jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1030sjud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1030_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/09/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1030_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1030_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/06/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1030_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **58–7** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–2** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8658f56c-e541-42a1-a823-86dd14ac1ab5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).