---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vision Care Plans Carriers Eye Care Providers"
description: "The bill prohibits a carrier or entity that offers a vision care plan from requiring an eye care provider with whom the carrier or entity contracts to:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1012"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1012 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irene Aguilar", "Jon Becker", "Kevin Lundberg", "Susan Lontine"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5efb8463-a78f-43be-ad5f-373de53e2aa5"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1012"
source_hash: "1a2c87e11f7d62d5c37a558c801abe1af3f1f3490141932baab61f98e94cbea2"
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 18-1012 (2018A) — Vision Care Plans Carriers Eye Care Providers

The bill prohibits a carrier or entity that offers a vision care plan from requiring an eye care provider with whom the carrier or entity contracts to:

## 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_hb1012_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/14/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1012_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/21/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1012_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1012_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1012hie_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1012shhs_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1012_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/14/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1012_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1012_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (03/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1012_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **57–6** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **57–7** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **29–5** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **63–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irene Aguilar — primary (person)
- Jon Becker — primary (person)
- Kevin Lundberg — primary (person)
- Susan Lontine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2018-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/14/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5efb8463-a78f-43be-ad5f-373de53e2aa5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).