republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/sb-19-191.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prompt Pretrial Liberty And Fairness"
description: "Pretrial release - post bond within 2 hours - nominal processing fees - release 4 hours after posting bond - release even if costs or fees need to be paid - plan for bond hearing within 48 hours - application of bond toward fees, costs, fines, restitution, or surcharges. The act creates rights for defendants related to release on bond as follows:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-191"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-191 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Bridges", "Leslie Herod", "Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez", "Vicki Marble"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-03-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17f0cae4-6f23-4cf5-af3e-9fca98f7f67d"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-191"
source_hash: "7b578c341894f0febf463b090f50ba7e6ce45179b5db977df9b347f702b57f77"
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 19-191 (2019A) — Prompt Pretrial Liberty And Fairness

Pretrial release - post bond within 2 hours - nominal processing fees - release 4 hours after posting bond - release even if costs or fees need to be paid - plan for bond hearing within 48 hours - application of bond toward fees, costs, fines, restitution, or surcharges. The act creates rights for defendants related to release on bond as follows:

## 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_sb191_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_191_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_191_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_191_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/05/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_191sjud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_191sjudfin.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_191app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_191_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_191_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_191_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_191_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **25–9** (pass) · lower
- PERM — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **31–4** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **29–6** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **54–9** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)
- Vicki Marble — 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 with Amendments - Committee
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08T07:00:00+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/17f0cae4-6f23-4cf5-af3e-9fca98f7f67d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).