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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Increase Surcharge For Trafficking Children"
+description: "Current law requires each person who is convicted of a crime against a child to pay a surcharge to the clerk of the court for the judicial district in which the conviction occurs. The bill adds the crime of human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude to the definition of crime against a child for purposes of the surcharge. For a class 2 felony, the amount of the fine is $1,500. The bill states that if the class 2 felony is for human trafficking of a minor for involuntary servitude or for human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude, then the amount of the fine is $3,000. Additionally, in cases where an offender is required to pay the new surcharge, the court is encouraged to delay any finding of indigence until 6 months after the offender's conviction, at which time the court may require the defendant or defendant's counsel to submit documents that substantiate the defendant's indigence."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2018A"
+identifier: "SB 18-055"
+citation: "Colorado SB 18-055 (2018A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Edie Hooton", "Kevin Van Winkle", "Tim Neville"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-01-11T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e942514b-96ce-4506-b04f-ef8bed5b2384"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-055"
+source_hash: "eae29e8e9874fa9cfe0e6c3081b4f6b25249ed3e368e4f996e53c5a6e04789bc"
+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 18-055 (2018A) — Increase Surcharge For Trafficking Children
+
+Current law requires each person who is convicted of a crime against a child to pay a surcharge to the clerk of the court for the judicial district in which the conviction occurs. The bill adds the crime of human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude to the definition of crime against a child for purposes of the surcharge. For a class 2 felony, the amount of the fine is $1,500. The bill states that if the class 2 felony is for human trafficking of a minor for involuntary servitude or for human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude, then the amount of the fine is $3,000. Additionally, in cases where an offender is required to pay the new surcharge, the court is encouraged to delay any finding of indigence until 6 months after the offender's conviction, at which time the court may require the defendant or defendant's counsel to submit documents that substantiate the defendant's indigence.
+
+## 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_sb055_h_jud_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (01/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_055_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (04/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_055_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (01/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_055_01.pdf)
+5. **Reengrossed (01/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_055_ren.pdf)
+6. **Rerevised (04/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_055_rer.pdf)
+7. **Revised (04/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_055_rev.pdf)
+8. **Signed Act (04/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_055_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Edie Hooton — primary (person)
+- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
+- Tim Neville — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2018-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
+- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
+- **2018-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+- **2018-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2018-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2018-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2018-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2018-01-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e942514b-96ce-4506-b04f-ef8bed5b2384`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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