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type: "Bill"
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title: "Court Facility Dog During Witness Testimony"
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description: "Court facility dog - requirements - jury instruction. The act allows a court, upon motion of a party or upon its own motion, to allow a witness to testify during criminal proceedings while a court facility dog is in the courtroom if certain conditions are satisfied."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2019A"
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identifier: "HB 19-1220"
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citation: "Colorado HB 19-1220 (2019A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rhonda Fields", "Tom Sullivan"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2019-03-05T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a55e5777-a8d5-4a4c-9ef4-74538acbbb7c"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1220"
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source_hash: "75eeffa2c3dd8b442f4ccf4eb0f976367122b1b0530893e06647f41321f08a3e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 19-1220 (2019A) — Court Facility Dog During Witness Testimony
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Court facility dog - requirements - jury instruction. The act allows a court, upon motion of a party or upon its own motion, to allow a witness to testify during criminal proceedings while a court facility dog is in the courtroom if certain conditions are satisfied.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_hb1220_s_jud_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1220_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (04/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1220_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (03/05/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1220_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (03/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1220jud_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (03/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1220_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1220_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (04/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1220_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (05/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1220_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **63–2** (pass) · lower
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- CONCUR — **63–1** (pass) · lower
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- REPASS — **63–1** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **30–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
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- Tom Sullivan — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2019-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
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- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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- **2019-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a55e5777-a8d5-4a4c-9ef4-74538acbbb7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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