---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Official Personal Surety Bonds"
description: "Statutory Revision Committee. Section 1 of the bill contains a legislative declaration. Section 2 repeals an obsolete provision regarding personal surety bonds for executive agency personnel. Sections 3 through 5 repeal obsolete requirements that a person providing a personal surety bond to a county officer be a property owner in the county and, if requested, provide a statement of assets. Section 6 authorizes a public entity to purchase insurance in lieu of a public official personal surety bond and states the requirements for the insurance. Sections 7 through 9 remove obsolete personal surety bond requirements for certain municipal officials.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1140"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1140 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominick Moreno", "Hugh McKean"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-24T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0b1443a-314a-431e-8830-f77970e2fa59"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1140"
source_hash: "6d2b9f93f887cd8a3df834da8576ff281ee7f693c79f849b7f0708866f0d95bb"
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 18-1140 (2018A) — Public Official Personal Surety Bonds

Statutory Revision Committee. Section 1 of the bill contains a legislative declaration. Section 2 repeals an obsolete provision regarding personal surety bonds for executive agency personnel. Sections 3 through 5 repeal obsolete requirements that a person providing a personal surety bond to a county officer be a property owner in the county and, if requested, provide a statement of assets. Section 6 authorizes a public entity to purchase insurance in lieu of a public official personal surety bond and states the requirements for the insurance. Sections 7 through 9 remove obsolete personal surety bond requirements for certain municipal officials.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

## 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_hb1140_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1140_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1140_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/24/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1140_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1140ssta_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/14/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1140_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1140_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1140_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1140_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **62–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Hugh McKean — 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 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `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 - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0b1443a-314a-431e-8830-f77970e2fa59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).