republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/sb-19-019.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Fireworks Restrictions July 4th"
description: "Fireworks restrictions - period between May 31 and July 5 of any year - competent evidence of high fire danger. Under current law, a county may prohibit or restrict by ordinance the sale, use, and possession of fireworks, including permissible fireworks (fireworks restrictions), for a period that does not exceed one year in length within all or any part of the unincorporated areas of the county; except that such an ordinance shall not be in effect between May 31 and July 5 of any year unless the ordinance includes an express finding of high fire danger, based on competent evidence. The act specifies that such an ordinance is in effect for the period between May 31 and July 5 of any year only if the county adopts by resolution such fireworks restrictions for such period, which resolution includes an express finding of high fire danger, based on competent evidence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-019"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-019 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Gray", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/752ed5ae-0ff1-400b-9a05-729f55fe7a67"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-019"
source_hash: "9f8b0ef49d91f159f2859bade895ae61edda657244f2e2cea901206f236027e0"
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 19-019 (2019A) — County Fireworks Restrictions July 4th

Fireworks restrictions - period between May 31 and July 5 of any year - competent evidence of high fire danger. Under current law, a county may prohibit or restrict by ordinance the sale, use, and possession of fireworks, including permissible fireworks (fireworks restrictions), for a period that does not exceed one year in length within all or any part of the unincorporated areas of the county; except that such an ordinance shall not be in effect between May 31 and July 5 of any year unless the ordinance includes an express finding of high fire danger, based on competent evidence. The act specifies that such an ordinance is in effect for the period between May 31 and July 5 of any year only if the county adopts by resolution such fireworks restrictions for such period, which resolution includes an express finding of high fire danger, based on competent evidence.

## 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_sb019_h_raa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_019_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_019_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_019_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/06/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_019sloc_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_019_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_019_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (02/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_019_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_019_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **40–23** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **24–9** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **24–37** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matt Gray — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Rural Affairs & Agriculture Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Rural Affairs & Agriculture `introduction`
- **2019-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/752ed5ae-0ff1-400b-9a05-729f55fe7a67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).