republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/sb-19-085.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Equal Pay For Equal Work Act"
description: "Wage discrimination based on sex - complaints - civil action - exceptions to prohibitions against wage differentials - prohibited acts of employer - employment announcements required - enforcement - rules. The act removes the authority of the director of the division of labor standards and statistics in the department of labor and employment (director) to enforce wage discrimination complaints based on an employee's sex and instead authorizes the director to create and administer a process to accept and mediate complaints of, and provide legal resources concerning, alleged violations and to promulgate rules for this purpose. An aggrieved person may bring a civil action in district court to pursue remedies specified in the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-085"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-085 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Janet Buckner", "Jessie Danielson", "Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 21
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2019-01-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b310850-eb3e-4a6a-adb7-e6b84920058d"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-085"
source_hash: "0c4e4032a5a2b65592b040385844ba886f9cacecf8f06da881fd73bc010f9bca"
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 19-085 (2019A) — Equal Pay For Equal Work Act

Wage discrimination based on sex - complaints - civil action - exceptions to prohibitions against wage differentials - prohibited acts of employer - employment announcements required - enforcement - rules. The act removes the authority of the director of the division of labor standards and statistics in the department of labor and employment (director) to enforce wage discrimination complaints based on an employee's sex and instead authorizes the director to create and administer a process to accept and mediate complaints of, and provide legal resources concerning, alleged violations and to promulgate rules for this purpose. An aggrieved person may bring a civil action in district court to pursue remedies specified in the act.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment L.031** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/05fadd8556e71ad0872583a700834cb8__hearing_summary/19SenateJud0220AttachG.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_sb085_h_app_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (04/03/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_085_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (05/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_085_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (01/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_085_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (02/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_sjud_01.pdf)
7. **PA2 (04/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_085bus_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_085_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_085_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_085_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_085_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **40–21** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **22–38** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **30–30** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **22–38** (fail) · upper
- REPASS — **21–14** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **22–38** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **21–39** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **22–38** (fail) · upper
- CONCUR — **23–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-22T06:00:00+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
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **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 Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
- **2019-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17T07:00:00+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/8b310850-eb3e-4a6a-adb7-e6b84920058d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).