republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/sb-19-177.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Background Checks Persons Who Work With Children"
description: "Background checks - access to child abuse and neglect records - individuals who work with children - required fingerprint-based background checks. Current law specifies what entities and agencies have access to child abuse or neglect records and reports. The act adds to that list the department of human services, when requested in writing by an individual to check records or reports of child abuse or neglect for the purpose of screening that individual when such individual's responsibilities include the care of children, treatment of children, supervision of children, or unsupervised contact with children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-177"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-177 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Hisey", "Joann Ginal", "Jonathan Singer"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-03-01T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/588155d0-27d6-4dcf-aecf-f97769512712"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-177"
source_hash: "54f0f6bb3fc2122933b18f5c9f6d26c2a6c3b23489ec631f9669b0453a577b81"
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 19-177 (2019A) — Background Checks Persons Who Work With Children

Background checks - access to child abuse and neglect records - individuals who work with children - required fingerprint-based background checks. Current law specifies what entities and agencies have access to child abuse or neglect records and reports. The act adds to that list the department of human services, when requested in writing by an individual to check records or reports of child abuse or neglect for the purpose of screening that individual when such individual's responsibilities include the care of children, treatment of children, supervision of children, or unsupervised contact with children.

## 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_sb177_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_177_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_177_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_177_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_177ssta_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_177_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_177_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_177_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_177_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **34–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- PERM — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dennis Hisey — primary (person)
- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Jonathan Singer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/588155d0-27d6-4dcf-aecf-f97769512712`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).