republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/sb-19-232.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Campaign Finance Enforcement"
description: "Campaign and political finance - rules of the secretary of state - enforcement procedures. The act codifies in the \"Fair Campaign Practices Act\" the rules of the secretary of state (secretary) addressing the procedures that govern the enforcement of state laws governing campaign and political finance. In particular, the codified provisions specify the procedures governing the filing of complaints, initial review of complaints by the elections division (division) within the secretary's office, the method by which a respondent may cure a violation of the campaign finance laws, the investigation of unresolved or uncured complaints by the division, the conduct of hearings, review by the division of campaign finance documents it receives for filing, and the issuance of advisory opinions by the secretary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-232"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-232 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Weissman", "Mike Foote"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 17
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-04-02T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6a77365-2a7d-4054-89ec-a08f45ea60d3"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-232"
source_hash: "c3e55bd95a91b41b98518e4549e96ec51d36c65b55372f571a10efa368ef416c"
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 19-232 (2019A) — Campaign Finance Enforcement

Campaign and political finance - rules of the secretary of state - enforcement procedures. The act codifies in the "Fair Campaign Practices Act" the rules of the secretary of state (secretary) addressing the procedures that govern the enforcement of state laws governing campaign and political finance. In particular, the codified provisions specify the procedures governing the filing of complaints, initial review of complaints by the elections division (division) within the secretary's office, the method by which a respondent may cure a violation of the campaign finance laws, the investigation of unresolved or uncured complaints by the division, the conduct of hearings, review by the division of campaign finance documents it receives for filing, and the issuance of advisory opinions by the secretary.

## 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_sb232_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_232_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_232_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_232_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_232_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_232_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_232_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_232_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **40–23** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **29–34** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **28–35** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **28–34** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **21–13** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **29–34** (fail) · lower
- AMEND — **34–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael Weissman — primary (person)
- Mike Foote — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-29T06:00:00+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
- **2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `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 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02T06:00:00+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/e6a77365-2a7d-4054-89ec-a08f45ea60d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).