---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expand Child Care Expenses Income Tax Credit"
description: "Currently, a resident individual with a federal adjusted gross income of $60,000 or less is allowed a state income tax credit (state credit) for child care expenses that is a percentage of a similar federal income tax credit claimed (federal credit). The amount of the state credit depends on the individual's adjusted gross income (AGI). If the individual's AGI is:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1208"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1208 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Martinez Humenik", "Crisanta Duran", "Faith Winter"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/534c3a74-3991-4e2d-900d-a255b917bb46"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1208"
source_hash: "56ca762ebdd55463a61900bafcaf41ada473e83fa25eac3911ec180ca28deab8"
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 18-1208 (2018A) — Expand Child Care Expenses Income Tax Credit

Currently, a resident individual with a federal adjusted gross income of $60,000 or less is allowed a state income tax credit (state credit) for child care expenses that is a percentage of a similar federal income tax credit claimed (federal credit). The amount of the state credit depends on the individual's adjusted gross income (AGI). If the individual's AGI is:

## 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_hb1208_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1208_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1208_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1208_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/14/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1208fin_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1208app.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1208sfin_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1208sfinapp.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (04/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1208_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1208_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (05/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1208_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (05/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1208_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **28–7** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **49–12** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **38–26** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **42–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beth Martinez Humenik — primary (person)
- Crisanta Duran — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance + Appropriations `introduction`
- **2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/534c3a74-3991-4e2d-900d-a255b917bb46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).