---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statutory Provisions Extinguish Unattended Fires"
description: "Wildfire Matters Review Committee. Section 1 of the bill states that any person who starts or maintains a campfire commits the offense of leaving a campfire unattended if he or she knowingly or recklessly:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1051"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1051 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Coram", "Michael Merrifield", "Millie Hamner", "Terri Carver"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7830590-8289-465f-8656-4e14c63e7e01"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1051"
source_hash: "e6128b11e5406e49acde36fc47ec028ff2774c1c8f91097b15d36d3e0a7419e8"
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 18-1051 (2018A) — Statutory Provisions Extinguish Unattended Fires

Wildfire Matters Review Committee. Section 1 of the bill states that any person who starts or maintains a campfire commits the offense of leaving a campfire unattended if he or she knowingly or recklessly:

## 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_hb1051_s_agr_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1051_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1051_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1051_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1051hie_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/14/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1051_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1051_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1051_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1051_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **60–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Michael Merrifield — primary (person)
- Millie Hamner — primary (person)
- Terri Carver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy `introduction`
- **2018-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **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/c7830590-8289-465f-8656-4e14c63e7e01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).