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type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic Verification Of Identification For A Motor Vehicle Rental"
description: "Drivers' licenses - renting or loaning a motor vehicle - use of electronic device for verification of driver's license. Current law prohibits a person from renting a motor vehicle to another person until the prospective lessor of the vehicle has inspected the prospective lessee's driver's license and compared and verified the signature on the license with the prospective lessee's signature in his or her presence. The act removes the requirement that the inspection be performed in the prospective lessee's presence and provides that the inspection may be performed through the use of an electronic device and must verify only that the license is unexpired."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1321"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1321 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Williams", "James Coleman", "Kevin Priola"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2f6755f-1dab-4398-8745-993312f47e11"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1321"
source_hash: "234fe12f324bbc802960990f0bb4fd7b4051979637067788198b359480cdd00f"
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 19-1321 (2019A) — Electronic Verification Of Identification For A Motor Vehicle Rental
Drivers' licenses - renting or loaning a motor vehicle - use of electronic device for verification of driver's license. Current law prohibits a person from renting a motor vehicle to another person until the prospective lessor of the vehicle has inspected the prospective lessee's driver's license and compared and verified the signature on the license with the prospective lessee's signature in his or her presence. The act removes the requirement that the inspection be performed in the prospective lessee's presence and provides that the inspection may be performed through the use of an electronic device and must verify only that the license is unexpired.
## 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_hb1321_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1321_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1321_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1321_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1321_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1321_rr2.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1321_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/31/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1321_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- BILL — **58–6** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Dave Williams — primary (person)
- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-05-31T06:00:00+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`
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `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 - No Amendments
- **2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2f6755f-1dab-4398-8745-993312f47e11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).