republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/sb-19-030.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remedying Improper Guilty Pleas"
description: "Failure to advise consequences of guilty pleas or dismissal of charges - unconstitutionality - procedure - appropriation. The act finds that some criminal defendants who, when they entered a guilty plea in connection with a deferred judgment or had charges related to drugs dismissed under a since repealed provision of law, were not advised that there may be adverse immigration consequences that attach to the plea even if the plea is later withdrawn and the case is dismissed. These defendants did not knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily enter the plea of guilty as required by law or understand the consequences of the dismissal. The act authorizes these persons to petition the court for an order vacating the guilty plea and establishes procedures for such petitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-030"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-030 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Kerry Tipper"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dd9d5fc-4a30-4da3-a91a-9f49e37909c4"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-030"
source_hash: "55c89422c2eb9b6e1b901631d57a5249f5c781e6bfcce5e36bce31c554c528f8"
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 19-030 (2019A) — Remedying Improper Guilty Pleas

Failure to advise consequences of guilty pleas or dismissal of charges - unconstitutionality - procedure - appropriation. The act finds that some criminal defendants who, when they entered a guilty plea in connection with a deferred judgment or had charges related to drugs dismissed under a since repealed provision of law, were not advised that there may be adverse immigration consequences that attach to the plea even if the plea is later withdrawn and the case is dismissed. These defendants did not knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily enter the plea of guilty as required by law or understand the consequences of the dismissal. The act authorizes these persons to petition the court for an order vacating the guilty plea and establishes procedures for such petitions.

## 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_sb030_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_030_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/09/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_030_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_030_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/31/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_030sjud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_030sjudsapp.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_030_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_030_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_030_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_030_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **24–11** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **42–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Kerry Tipper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/6dd9d5fc-4a30-4da3-a91a-9f49e37909c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).