republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1183.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Automated External Defibrillators In Public Places"
description: "Automated external defibrillator - placement of AED in public place - acceptance of donated AED - appropriation. The act encourages any person that owns, operates, or manages a public place or public school to place functional automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in sufficient quantities to ensure reasonable availability for use during perceived sudden cardiac arrest emergencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1183"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1183 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dylan Roberts", "Jeff Bridges"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-14T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec96ba01-35c8-468e-b2c0-7be79048ac22"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1183"
source_hash: "d95c10342b7a06d2358f58ad651ae48ef4e0b633d843633af33957a116cc9b29"
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 19-1183 (2019A) — Automated External Defibrillators In Public Places

Automated external defibrillator - placement of AED in public place - acceptance of donated AED - appropriation. The act encourages any person that owns, operates, or manages a public place or public school to place functional automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in sufficient quantities to ensure reasonable availability for use during perceived sudden cardiac arrest emergencies.

## 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_hb1183_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1183_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1183_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/14/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1183_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/07/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1183hi_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1183app.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1183shhs_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (03/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1183_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1183_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1183_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1183_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **48–17** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **22–13** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **57–7** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **47–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2019-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14T07:00:00+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/ec96ba01-35c8-468e-b2c0-7be79048ac22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).