republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1239.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Census Outreach Grant Program"
description: "Census outreach grant program - department of local affairs - division of local government - appropriation. The 2020 census outreach grant program (grant program) is created in the division of local government (division) in the department of local affairs (department) to provide grants to local governments, intergovernmental agencies, councils of government, housing authorities, school districts, nonprofit organizations, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (eligible recipients) to support the accurate counting of the population of the state for the 2020 census."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1239"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1239 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "Kerry Tipper", "Kevin Priola", "Yadira Caraveo"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-03-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/134e1e53-2779-4aa8-acb8-3b2970a22f73"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1239"
source_hash: "b0295525286e274be75c4a54dd8d489e263023a351f24cc259da2a6517699589"
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 19-1239 (2019A) — Census Outreach Grant Program

Census outreach grant program - department of local affairs - division of local government - appropriation. The 2020 census outreach grant program (grant program) is created in the division of local government (division) in the department of local affairs (department) to provide grants to local governments, intergovernmental agencies, councils of government, housing authorities, school districts, nonprofit organizations, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (eligible recipients) to support the accurate counting of the population of the state for the 2020 census.

## 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_hb1239_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1239_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/14/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1239_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1239_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1239sa_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/09/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1239app.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1239_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1239_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (2) (04/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1239_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1239_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **49–15** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **27–36** (fail) · lower
- REPASS — **40–24** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **15–20** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **41–23** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **24–39** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **15–20** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **20–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Kerry Tipper — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Yadira Caraveo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2019-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2019-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/134e1e53-2779-4aa8-acb8-3b2970a22f73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).