republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/sb-19-168.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rule Review Bill"
description: "Continuation of 2018 rules of executive agencies - exceptions listed. Based on the findings and recommendations of the committee on legal services, the act extends all state agency rules that were adopted or amended on or after November 1, 2017, and before November 1, 2018, with the exception of the rules specifically listed in the act. Those specified rules will expire as scheduled in the \"State Administrative Procedure Act\" on May 15, 2019, on the grounds that the rules either conflict with statute or lack or exceed statutory authority.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-168"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-168 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Leslie Herod", "Michael Weissman", "Pete Lee"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ae78712-a51b-455b-a6ae-20457fb9baad"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-168"
source_hash: "713b8687755ba56163270a30ade7134723c1a9919c04c9b65466f9809d12a7c0"
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 19-168 (2019A) — Rule Review Bill

Continuation of 2018 rules of executive agencies - exceptions listed. Based on the findings and recommendations of the committee on legal services, the act extends all state agency rules that were adopted or amended on or after November 1, 2017, and before November 1, 2018, with the exception of the rules specifically listed in the act. Those specified rules will expire as scheduled in the "State Administrative Procedure Act" on May 15, 2019, on the grounds that the rules either conflict with statute or lack or exceed statutory authority.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## 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_sb168_h_ls_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_168_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/07/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_168_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_168_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_168slegs_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_168_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_168_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_168_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_168_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **58–6** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)
- Michael Weissman — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 04/29/2019 - No Amendments
- **2019-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 04/15/2019 - No Amendments
- **2019-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Legal Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Legal Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Legal Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Legal Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ae78712-a51b-455b-a6ae-20457fb9baad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).