---
type: "Bill"
title: "Infant Newborn Screening"
description: "The bill updates the current newborn screening program to require more timely newborn hearing screenings. The department of public health and environment (department) is authorized to assess a fee for newborn screening and necessary follow-up services. The bill creates the newborn hearing screening cash fund for the purpose of covering the costs of the program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1006"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1006 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Dominick Moreno", "Larry Liston", "Millie Hamner"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98379f3f-a0cf-44eb-a17b-a9728dff3342"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1006"
source_hash: "ff666cd64a224860a1a2eb56fc7b2f1e5af3741b08e6ae9101b9a671c73db19b"
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 18-1006 (2018A) — Infant Newborn Screening

The bill updates the current newborn screening program to require more timely newborn hearing screenings. The department of public health and environment (department) is authorized to assess a fee for newborn screening and necessary follow-up services. The bill creates the newborn hearing screening cash fund for the purpose of covering the costs of the program.

## 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_hb1006_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1006_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1006_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1006_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1006phc_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1006app.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1006ssta_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (05/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1006sstasapp.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (04/20/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1006_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1006_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (05/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1006_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (06/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1006_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **47–18** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **63–2** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **25–36** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **20–41** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **45–16** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Larry Liston — primary (person)
- Millie Hamner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2018-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98379f3f-a0cf-44eb-a17b-a9728dff3342`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).