republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/sb-19-007.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prevent Sexual Misconduct At Higher Ed Campuses"
description: "Sexual misconduct - policies - training - reports - biennial summits - advisory committee. The act requires each institution of higher education (institution) to adopt, periodically review, and update a policy on sexual misconduct (policy). The act establishes minimum requirements for the policies, including reporting options, procedures for investigations and adjudications, and protections for involved persons. Institutions shall promote the policy by posting information on their websites and annually distributing the policy and information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-007"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-007 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Brittany Pettersen", "Faith Winter", "Janet Buckner"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89400d73-2642-4b85-a3a0-736afc2487f3"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-007"
source_hash: "878dcc2016f084baec21e19f6581731719a8dfd4ed728c3bb62eaeedd28620b0"
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 SB 19-007 (2019A) — Prevent Sexual Misconduct At Higher Ed Campuses

Sexual misconduct - policies - training - reports - biennial summits - advisory committee. The act requires each institution of higher education (institution) to adopt, periodically review, and update a policy on sexual misconduct (policy). The act establishes minimum requirements for the policies, including reporting options, procedures for investigations and adjudications, and protections for involved persons. Institutions shall promote the policy by posting information on their websites and annually distributing the policy and information.

## 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_sb007_h_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_007_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_007_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_007_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_007sedu_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_007_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_007_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_007_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/31/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_007_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **20–15** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **54–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Janet Buckner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89400d73-2642-4b85-a3a0-736afc2487f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).