republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1231.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "New Appliance Energy And Water Efficiency Standards"
description: "Appliances and plumbing fixtures - water and energy efficiency standards for new products sold in Colorado - phase-in of requirements - list of products covered - rule-making authority - enforcement. The act updates and adopts standards for water efficiency and energy efficiency that apply to a list of consumer and commercial appliances and other products. The standards are based on state standards, federal Energy Star and WaterSense specifications, and industry standards in most cases or, where a standard is not incorporated by reference, the standard is specified by statute."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1231"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1231 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cathy Kipp", "Kevin Priola", "Meg Froelich", "Pete Lee"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e360793-5844-4857-a6c8-0d643d718b9c"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1231"
source_hash: "f0bc2da8bbadfcba38aa38bd5ba987d30ef02e57c02e2d4542d37ecaca68d9c7"
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 19-1231 (2019A) — New Appliance Energy And Water Efficiency Standards

Appliances and plumbing fixtures - water and energy efficiency standards for new products sold in Colorado - phase-in of requirements - list of products covered - rule-making authority - enforcement. The act updates and adopts standards for water efficiency and energy efficiency that apply to a list of consumer and commercial appliances and other products. The standards are based on state standards, federal Energy Star and WaterSense specifications, and industry standards in most cases or, where a standard is not incorporated by reference, the standard is specified by statute.

## 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_hb1231_s_tra_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/03/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1231_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1231_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1231_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1231ee_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1231stra_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1231_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1231_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1231_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1231_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **21–14** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **40–23** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **40–24** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **40–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Meg Froelich — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2019-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e360793-5844-4857-a6c8-0d643d718b9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).