republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1272.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing Authority Property In Colorado New Energy Improvement District"
description: "Colorado new energy improvement district - inclusion of housing authority property. The Colorado new energy improvement district (NEID) administers a commercial property assessed clean energy program through which an owner of eligible real property, which includes residential properties having at least 5 dwelling units (eligible property), may finance energy improvements to the eligible property by joining the NEID and agreeing to pay a NEID special assessment against the eligible property. A city, county, or multijurisdictional housing authority (housing authority) and its property, whether owned or leased, are generally exempt from the payment of special assessments to the state or any political subdivision of the state. The act clarifies that this exemption does not preclude a housing authority, an entity in which a housing authority has an ownership interest, or a lessor who leases real property to or from a housing authority from voluntarily applying to include eligible real property that it owns into the boundaries of the NEID and accepting the levying of a NEID special assessment against the eligible property.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1272"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1272 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "Kevin Priola", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-25T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6550c56c-7037-450e-abcd-29982d1a26d0"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1272"
source_hash: "91eae44b4236848c1c5e41d7a82ef401857f4b0b86055e74d4a6ceaeb0cf0103"
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 19-1272 (2019A) — Housing Authority Property In Colorado New Energy Improvement District

Colorado new energy improvement district - inclusion of housing authority property. The Colorado new energy improvement district (NEID) administers a commercial property assessed clean energy program through which an owner of eligible real property, which includes residential properties having at least 5 dwelling units (eligible property), may finance energy improvements to the eligible property by joining the NEID and agreeing to pay a NEID special assessment against the eligible property. A city, county, or multijurisdictional housing authority (housing authority) and its property, whether owned or leased, are generally exempt from the payment of special assessments to the state or any political subdivision of the state. The act clarifies that this exemption does not preclude a housing authority, an entity in which a housing authority has an ownership interest, or a lessor who leases real property to or from a housing authority from voluntarily applying to include eligible real property that it owns into the boundaries of the NEID and accepting the levying of a NEID special assessment against the eligible property.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## 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_hb1272_s_tra_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1272_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1272_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1272_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1272_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1272_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1272_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1272_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **25–9** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **41–23** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — 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
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `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 Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `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 - Floor
- **2019-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25T06:00:00+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/6550c56c-7037-450e-abcd-29982d1a26d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).