republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1172.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Title 12 Recodification And Reorganization"
description: "Professions and occupations - organizational recodification of laws. Title 12 of the Colorado Revised Statutes relates primarily to the regulation of professions and occupations. In 2016, the general assembly enacted Senate Bill 16-163, which authorized a multi-year project to recodify title 12. In 2017 and 2018, the General Assembly enacted numerous bills to relocate from title 12 to other titles in the Colorado Revised Statutes all laws that do not relate to the regulation of professions and occupations. After the passage of those relocation bills, title 12 generally contains only laws administered by the department of regulatory agencies (DORA) that regulate a profession or occupation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1172"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1172 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "John Cooke", "Mike Weissman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-07T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/786ae7fe-1694-49e4-b16e-c6099d5c0e86"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1172"
source_hash: "525c6ea0f2ceda2361c03799feecd23d7a1b59fd6f28772348f5c182b062c148"
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 19-1172 (2019A) — Title 12 Recodification And Reorganization

Professions and occupations - organizational recodification of laws. Title 12 of the Colorado Revised Statutes relates primarily to the regulation of professions and occupations. In 2016, the general assembly enacted Senate Bill 16-163, which authorized a multi-year project to recodify title 12. In 2017 and 2018, the General Assembly enacted numerous bills to relocate from title 12 to other titles in the Colorado Revised Statutes all laws that do not relate to the regulation of professions and occupations. After the passage of those relocation bills, title 12 generally contains only laws administered by the department of regulatory agencies (DORA) that regulate a profession or occupation.

## 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_hb1172_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1172_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1172_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/07/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1172_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1172_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/03/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1172_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1172_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1172_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **58–5** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Mike Weissman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/01/2019 - No Amendments
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/18/2019 - No Amendments
- **2019-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/13/2019 - No Amendments
- **2019-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `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 - Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/25/2019 - No Amendments
- **2019-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/22/2019 - No Amendments
- **2019-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07T07:00:00+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/786ae7fe-1694-49e4-b16e-c6099d5c0e86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).