republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1039.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Identity Documents For Transgender Persons"
description: "Registrar of vital statistics - department of revenue - issuance of new a birth certificate, driver's license, or identity document - requirements - appropriation. Under current law, a person born in Colorado who seeks a new birth certificate from the registrar of vital statistics (state registrar) to reflect a change in gender designation must obtain a court order indicating that the sex of the person has been changed by surgical procedure and ordering that the gender designation on the birth certificate be amended, and the person must obtain a court order with a legal name change. The act:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1039"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1039 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daneya Esgar", "Dominick Moreno"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 18
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/601274f4-4d7c-4962-85b8-f559d0197eef"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1039"
source_hash: "c779e89ab860602751a4a159f873e8f9c86ee3620e393a9137227f63572d0b41"
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 19-1039 (2019A) — Identity Documents For Transgender Persons

Registrar of vital statistics - department of revenue - issuance of new a birth certificate, driver's license, or identity document - requirements - appropriation. Under current law, a person born in Colorado who seeks a new birth certificate from the registrar of vital statistics (state registrar) to reflect a change in gender designation must obtain a court order indicating that the sex of the person has been changed by surgical procedure and ordering that the gender designation on the birth certificate be amended, and the person must obtain a court order with a legal name change. The act:

## 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_hb1039_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/14/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1039_en2.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/09/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1039_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1039_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/07/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1039hi_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/14/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1039sjud_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1039sjudsapp.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (02/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1039_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1039_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1039_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/31/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1039_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **42–22** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **20–42** (fail) · lower
- PERM — **50–13** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **42–22** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **46–17** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **41–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/14/2019 - No Amendments
- **2019-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/601274f4-4d7c-4962-85b8-f559d0197eef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).