republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1295.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Treasurers To Serve As Public Trustees"
description: "County - county treasurer to serve as public trustee. Public trustees for Class 2 counties (Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, Mesa, Pueblo, and Weld) are currently appointed by the governor. Commencing July 1, 2020, the act specifies that the county treasurer for each Class 2 county will serve as the public trustee for the county. The county treasurer is required to create a transition plan for assuming the new duties of the public trustee. The county treasurer is authorized to consider incorporating staff of the appointed trustee's office, including the prior public trustee, into the treasurer's office.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1295"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1295 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janice Rich", "KC Becker", "Ray Scott", "Tammy Story"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-29T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44a237b4-6d7e-40ab-894b-e2deacb0eb93"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1295"
source_hash: "10d7e24426fea18632ffe8059135b150a659340d2e9a0fec2517b3f2f0d587af"
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 19-1295 (2019A) — County Treasurers To Serve As Public Trustees

County - county treasurer to serve as public trustee. Public trustees for Class 2 counties (Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, Mesa, Pueblo, and Weld) are currently appointed by the governor. Commencing July 1, 2020, the act specifies that the county treasurer for each Class 2 county will serve as the public trustee for the county. The county treasurer is required to create a transition plan for assuming the new duties of the public trustee. The county treasurer is authorized to consider incorporating staff of the appointed trustee's office, including the prior public trustee, into the treasurer's office.(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_hb1295_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1295_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1295_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1295_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1295tlg_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1295_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1295_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1295_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1295_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Janice Rich — primary (person)
- KC Becker — primary (person)
- Ray Scott — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **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 - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2019-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29T06:00:00+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/44a237b4-6d7e-40ab-894b-e2deacb0eb93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).