---
type: "Bill"
title: "Attorney General Deceptive Practice Court Order"
description: "Under current law, if a person does not cooperate with an investigation by the attorney general or a district attorney regarding a potential deceptive trade practice, the attorney general or district attorney may seek a court order requiring compliance with the investigation. The application for a court order must state why the order is necessary to terminate or prevent a deceptive trade practice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1028"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1028 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cole Wist", "Jack Tate", "Lois Court", "Tracy Kraft-Tharp"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63ff080a-9270-441b-a72f-f0bcd57ec2b8"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1028"
source_hash: "d9630ac4b2f5d0b1d981bc603002329528084bb69d21b349ad4b231a71fb4ed0"
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 18-1028 (2018A) — Attorney General Deceptive Practice Court Order

Under current law, if a person does not cooperate with an investigation by the attorney general or a district attorney regarding a potential deceptive trade practice, the attorney general or district attorney may seek a court order requiring compliance with the investigation. The application for a court order must state why the order is necessary to terminate or prevent a deceptive trade practice.

## 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_hb1028_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1028_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1028_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1028_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1028sjud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (01/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1028_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1028_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1028_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1028_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cole Wist — primary (person)
- Jack Tate — primary (person)
- Lois Court — primary (person)
- Tracy Kraft-Tharp — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2018-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over to 01/30/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/63ff080a-9270-441b-a72f-f0bcd57ec2b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).