---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change Salary Categorizations For Certain Counties"
description: "Current law categorizes each county for purposes of establishing the salaries of elected county officials in the county. The statutory salary amounts are adjusted every 2 years for inflation and take effect for terms commencing after any change is made. The bill modifies the categories of 4 counties with the accompanying percentage increase in salary as follows:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1242"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1242 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald Valdez", "KC Becker", "Larry Crowder", "Randy Baumgardner"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48857917-a417-4ace-9ea3-d884a04c7074"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1242"
source_hash: "7daa951c336c20ff2ab3480c86c6c77bd3a474b021b9287bd8e0489dff23bc99"
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 18-1242 (2018A) — Change Salary Categorizations For Certain Counties

Current law categorizes each county for purposes of establishing the salaries of elected county officials in the county. The statutory salary amounts are adjusted every 2 years for inflation and take effect for terms commencing after any change is made. The bill modifies the categories of 4 counties with the accompanying percentage increase in salary as follows:

## 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_hb1242_s_fin_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1242_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1242_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1242_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1242sfin_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1242_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1242_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/28/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1242_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1242_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **57–7** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **26–9** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **44–20** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **49–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donald Valdez — primary (person)
- KC Becker — primary (person)
- Larry Crowder — primary (person)
- Randy Baumgardner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `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 Finance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-13T07:00:00+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/48857917-a417-4ace-9ea3-d884a04c7074`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).