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type: "Bill"
title: "Regulation Of Electric Scooters"
description: "Electric scooters - regulation - authorizing use on roadways. Electric scooters, which are lightweight, motorized transportation devices, with handlebars, that obtain a maximum speed of 20 miles per hour when powered by motor, are currently regulated as toy vehicles. Toy vehicles are authorized for use on sidewalks, but not for use on roadways."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1221"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1221 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alex Valdez", "Brittany Pettersen", "James Coleman", "Jeff Bridges"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-03-05T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/224f15a1-0d03-4f21-8f1c-2d454028f454"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1221"
source_hash: "cf1917c9bb36b5930c76a840d38ce8e851826122b0c2a22c233ef61de96e6610"
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 19-1221 (2019A) — Regulation Of Electric Scooters
Electric scooters - regulation - authorizing use on roadways. Electric scooters, which are lightweight, motorized transportation devices, with handlebars, that obtain a maximum speed of 20 miles per hour when powered by motor, are currently regulated as toy vehicles. Toy vehicles are authorized for use on sidewalks, but not for use on roadways.
## 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_hb1221_s_tra_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1221_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/09/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1221_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/05/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1221_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1221_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1221_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1221_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1221_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- AMD — **25–40** (fail) · upper
- BILL — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **47–17** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **27–38** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **64–0** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **27–38** (fail) · upper
- PERM — **63–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Alex Valdez — primary (person)
- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2019-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/224f15a1-0d03-4f21-8f1c-2d454028f454`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).