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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Real Estate Commission Flexibility In License Periods"
+description: "Recent legislation changed the expiration dates of real estate licenses from an anniversary date 3 years after the date of initial issuance to December 31 of the third year after issuance and did not allow the real estate commission a period to transition licenses. To allow more flexibility in transitioning from the anniversary date system to the calendar-year system, the bill authorizes the commission to issue licenses that expire on December 31 of the year of issuance."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2018A"
+identifier: "HB 18-1227"
+citation: "Colorado HB 18-1227 (2018A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cole Wist", "John Cooke", "Leslie Herod"]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17543b78-590c-4d41-89ba-e86dedbb56ec"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1227"
+source_hash: "e3610948c865e51e02a7cdf5c8383413f7c43b1c70ddab63ba05239b2739d034"
+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 HB 18-1227 (2018A) — Real Estate Commission Flexibility In License Periods
+
+Recent legislation changed the expiration dates of real estate licenses from an anniversary date 3 years after the date of initial issuance to December 31 of the third year after issuance and did not allow the real estate commission a period to transition licenses. To allow more flexibility in transitioning from the anniversary date system to the calendar-year system, the bill authorizes the commission to issue licenses that expire on December 31 of the year of issuance.
+
+## 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/documents/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_hb1227_s_blt_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (02/20/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1227_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (04/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1227_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (02/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1227_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (02/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1227bus_01.pdf)
+6. **PA2 (03/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1227sblt_01.pdf)
+7. **Reengrossed (02/21/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1227_ren.pdf)
+8. **Rerevised (03/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1227_rer.pdf)
+9. **Revised (03/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1227_rev.pdf)
+10. **Signed Act (04/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1227_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- CONCUR — **64–0** (pass) · lower
+- REPASS — **64–0** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **61–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cole Wist — primary (person)
+- John Cooke — primary (person)
+- Leslie Herod — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2018-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
+- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 04/03/2018
+- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
+- **2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2018-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17543b78-590c-4d41-89ba-e86dedbb56ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+