---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Administrative And Budget Records Subject to Colorado Open Records Act"
description: "Under the Colorado open records act (CORA), records related to sexual harassment complaints are not open records; except that those records are available to a person making a sexual harassment complaint and the subject of the complaint. The bill makes the judicial department subject to the sexual harassment provision of CORA until May 1, 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1152"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1152 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Cooke", "Polly Lawrence"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-31T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23f7f340-77ec-4673-b7fb-31810a82c32e"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1152"
source_hash: "ac936e7dbed6970589972ad0e58094a7806c70e0f84b260c7f6253ecb759d50e"
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 18-1152 (2018A) — Judicial Administrative And Budget Records Subject to Colorado Open Records Act

Under the Colorado open records act (CORA), records related to sexual harassment complaints are not open records; except that those records are available to a person making a sexual harassment complaint and the subject of the complaint. The bill makes the judicial department subject to the sexual harassment provision of CORA until May 1, 2021.

## 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_hb1152_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1152_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1152_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/31/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1152_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1152sa_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1152_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1152_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/25/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1152_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1152_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Polly Lawrence — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2018-01-31T07:00:00+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/23f7f340-77ec-4673-b7fb-31810a82c32e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).