republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1208.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physical Therapists Youth Athletes Head Trauma"
description: "Health care - required head trauma guidelines for organized school athletic activities - physical therapists may authorize youth athletes' return to play. Current law states that if a youth athlete is removed from play because a coach suspects the youth athlete has sustained a concussion in a game, competition, or practice, the coach or other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play or participate in any supervised team activities involving physical exertion until the youth athlete is evaluated by a health care provider and receives written clearance to return to play from the health care provider. The act adds licensed physical therapists with training in pediatric neurology or concussion evaluation and management to the definition of \"health care provider\" for this purpose.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1208"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1208 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Jonathan Singer", "Lois Landgraf", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-21T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0d767df-69df-410f-9cb5-432deeaf3f20"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1208"
source_hash: "5b4084b720bc78ecb8ad78941f409b0a18f61a3441c622cd0f0eeb65a32c8663"
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 19-1208 (2019A) — Physical Therapists Youth Athletes Head Trauma

Health care - required head trauma guidelines for organized school athletic activities - physical therapists may authorize youth athletes' return to play. Current law states that if a youth athlete is removed from play because a coach suspects the youth athlete has sustained a concussion in a game, competition, or practice, the coach or other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play or participate in any supervised team activities involving physical exertion until the youth athlete is evaluated by a health care provider and receives written clearance to return to play from the health care provider. The act adds licensed physical therapists with training in pediatric neurology or concussion evaluation and management to the definition of "health care provider" for this purpose.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## 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_hb1208_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1208_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1208_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1208_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1208phc_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1208_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/09/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1208_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1208_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/06/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1208_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **63–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **63–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Jonathan Singer — primary (person)
- Lois Landgraf — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — 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 - Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2019-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0d767df-69df-410f-9cb5-432deeaf3f20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).