---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Auto Theft Prevention Authority And Board"
description: "Sunset Process - House Transportation and Energy Committee. The bill continues the automobile theft prevention authority and the automobile theft prevention board until 2029.(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 18-1240"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1240 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Bridges", "John Cooke", "Jon Becker"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/689fa8c1-ae81-46df-be71-8665fd5f51ee"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1240"
source_hash: "e198f272e4c75d983f18e6e4307c0095c9eb52d703f21bd33d2ec7c152f669c6"
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 18-1240 (2018A) — Sunset Auto Theft Prevention Authority And Board

Sunset Process - House Transportation and Energy Committee. The bill continues the automobile theft prevention authority and the automobile theft prevention board until 2029.(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_hb1240_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1240_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1240_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1240_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1240_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1240_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1240_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1240_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **53–11** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Jon Becker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2018-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/689fa8c1-ae81-46df-be71-8665fd5f51ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).