republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1315.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Admissibility Of Statements By A Juvenile"
description: "Juvenile advisement of rights - accompanying adult's adverse interest - admissibility. Under current law, statements by a juvenile concerning delinquent acts committed by the juvenile are admissible against the juvenile so long as the juvenile is accompanied by one or more specified adults during the advisement of constitutional rights and during the interrogation. A court decision found this to be legally sufficient even if the adult was shown to have an interest adverse to the juvenile. Under the act, if an issue concerning the adult's adverse interest is raised, the prosecution must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the person conducting the interrogation reasonably believed that the adult did not have an interest adverse to the juvenile and helped safeguard the juvenile's constitutional rights to remain silent or obtain counsel during the interrogation.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1315"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1315 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Julie Gonzales", "Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-08T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5597be8-e647-43f8-b0d7-c8f2cea23f16"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1315"
source_hash: "8022a944ee2b0479cd067aede47104538f9736d24497a6538c3a3f079ae48ce1"
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 19-1315 (2019A) — Admissibility Of Statements By A Juvenile

Juvenile advisement of rights - accompanying adult's adverse interest - admissibility. Under current law, statements by a juvenile concerning delinquent acts committed by the juvenile are admissible against the juvenile so long as the juvenile is accompanied by one or more specified adults during the advisement of constitutional rights and during the interrogation. A court decision found this to be legally sufficient even if the adult was shown to have an interest adverse to the juvenile. Under the act, if an issue concerning the adult's adverse interest is raised, the prosecution must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the person conducting the interrogation reasonably believed that the adult did not have an interest adverse to the juvenile and helped safeguard the juvenile's constitutional rights to remain silent or obtain counsel during the interrogation.(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_hb1315_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1315_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1315_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1315_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1315jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1315sjud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1315_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1315_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1315_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1315_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **53–11** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **56–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-28T06:00:00+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 - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5597be8-e647-43f8-b0d7-c8f2cea23f16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).