republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1248.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lobbyist Transparency Act"
description: "Regulation of lobbyists - clarification of term \"client\" - heightened disclosure requirements - secretary of state to convene working group to consider upgrades to electronic filing system used by lobbyists - appropriation. The act clarifies that the term \"client\" used in connection with statutory provisions regulating lobbyists means the person who employs or retains the professional services of one or more lobbyists to undertake lobbying on behalf of that person. The act also clarifies that a professional lobbyist is not, for purposes of the statute, a client of either a lobbying firm or any other person that employs or retains one or more professional lobbyists to undertake lobbying on behalf of one or more clients."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1248"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1248 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Cutter", "Michael Weissman", "Mike Foote"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/296f29a4-ec03-4aba-8c6b-113a4abfffcb"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1248"
source_hash: "6230c5b780bac0d5c5de035cd480f03ccdbab1e6251ac41701f77b28274dd3a7"
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 19-1248 (2019A) — Lobbyist Transparency Act

Regulation of lobbyists - clarification of term "client" - heightened disclosure requirements - secretary of state to convene working group to consider upgrades to electronic filing system used by lobbyists - appropriation. The act clarifies that the term "client" used in connection with statutory provisions regulating lobbyists means the person who employs or retains the professional services of one or more lobbyists to undertake lobbying on behalf of that person. The act also clarifies that a professional lobbyist is not, for purposes of the statute, a client of either a lobbying firm or any other person that employs or retains one or more professional lobbyists to undertake lobbying on behalf of one or more clients.

## 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_hb1248_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/09/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1248_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1248_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1248_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1248sa_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/09/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1248app.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1248_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1248_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1248_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1248_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **42–22** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **43–22** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **48–17** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **20–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Michael Weissman — primary (person)
- Mike Foote — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **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`
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2019-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **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`
- **2019-03-15T06:00:00+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/296f29a4-ec03-4aba-8c6b-113a4abfffcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).