republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/sb-19-135.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Procurement Disparity Study"
description: "Procurement - source selection - disparity study. To ascertain whether disparities exist between the participation of historically underutilized businesses and other businesses in the state procurement system, the department of personnel is required to contract for a disparity study of the Colorado procurement process and to make recommendations to address any discrepancies identified by the study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-135"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-135 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angela Williams", "Bri Buentello", "Janet Buckner", "Robert Rodriguez"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e2801dd-ceb3-4124-9067-86dcf0d86822"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-135"
source_hash: "9fa89034b4a6a09a10db480c3a7cd3e205be2ee8c21269eb640a6f2147aaa6a4"
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 19-135 (2019A) — State Procurement Disparity Study

Procurement - source selection - disparity study. To ascertain whether disparities exist between the participation of historically underutilized businesses and other businesses in the state procurement system, the department of personnel is required to contract for a disparity study of the Colorado procurement process and to make recommendations to address any discrepancies identified by the study.

## 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_sb135_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_135_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_135_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_135_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_135sblt_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_135sbltapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_135app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_135_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_135_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_135_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/31/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_135_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **40–25** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **24–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Angela Williams — primary (person)
- Bri Buentello — primary (person)
- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
- Robert Rodriguez — 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 Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e2801dd-ceb3-4124-9067-86dcf0d86822`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).