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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Adjust Damages Limitations For Inflation"
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description: "Limitations on damages - adjustment for inflation every 2 years. The limitations on the amount of damages for unlawfully serving alcohol, for noneconomic loss or injury, and for wrongful death were last adjusted for inflation on January 1, 2008. The act adjusts those damage limitations for inflation on January 1, 2020, and each January 1 every 2 years thereafter.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2019A"
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identifier: "SB 19-109"
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citation: "Colorado SB 19-109 (2019A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alec Garnett", "Stephen Fenberg"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-01-31T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2019-04-08T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40917b8f-b459-4d4b-bef5-3b8bb32fa9c5"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-109"
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source_hash: "770898b7f5831fb02bba06bb7fc396a4a1c07d88b2d5ae119d4c9d3bffd4f530"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado SB 19-109 (2019A) — Adjust Damages Limitations For Inflation
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Limitations on damages - adjustment for inflation every 2 years. The limitations on the amount of damages for unlawfully serving alcohol, for noneconomic loss or injury, and for wrongful death were last adjusted for inflation on January 1, 2008. The act adjusts those damage limitations for inflation on January 1, 2020, and each January 1 every 2 years thereafter.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_sb109_h_jud_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (02/14/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_109_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (03/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_109_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/31/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_109_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (02/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_109_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (03/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_109_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (03/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_109_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (04/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_109_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **18–16** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **40–25** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alec Garnett — primary (person)
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- Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2019-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2019-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2019-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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- **2019-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2019-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2019-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40917b8f-b459-4d4b-bef5-3b8bb32fa9c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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