republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1119.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Peace Officer Internal Investigation Open Records"
description: "Open records - peace officer internal investigation file. The act makes an internal investigation file (file) of a peace officer for in-uniform or on-duty conduct that involves a member of the public subject to an open records request. The act requires some information to be redacted and allows other information to be redacted before complying with the open records request. The act allows the custodian of the file to first provide a summary of the file to the requester and then allows the requester access to the file after the requester has reviewed the summary. Under the act, a custodian of a file in which there is an ongoing criminal case can deny inspection of the file. The file becomes open for inspection after all the charges are dismissed or the defendant is sentenced."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1119"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1119 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Coleman", "Mike Foote"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/100a34fd-86f9-4663-b4ff-8e3fea9bb0e0"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1119"
source_hash: "639cb344bb16c067618629889688ca1f6c8f5276ccb5c660cd045f1e833dca0c"
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 19-1119 (2019A) — Peace Officer Internal Investigation Open Records

Open records - peace officer internal investigation file. The act makes an internal investigation file (file) of a peace officer for in-uniform or on-duty conduct that involves a member of the public subject to an open records request. The act requires some information to be redacted and allows other information to be redacted before complying with the open records request. The act allows the custodian of the file to first provide a summary of the file to the requester and then allows the requester access to the file after the requester has reviewed the summary. Under the act, a custodian of a file in which there is an ongoing criminal case can deny inspection of the file. The file becomes open for inspection after all the charges are dismissed or the defendant is sentenced.

## 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_hb1119_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1119_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1119_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1119_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1119jud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1119_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1119_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1119_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1119_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REFER — **21–42** (fail) · upper
- BILL — **33–29** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **19–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Mike Foote — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-16T07:00:00+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/100a34fd-86f9-4663-b4ff-8e3fea9bb0e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).