---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Rape Shield Law"
description: "Under Colorado criminal law there is a rape shield law that presumes that evidence of a victim's sexual conduct is irrelevant and not admissible except for:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1243"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1243 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cole Wist", "Don Coram", "Mike Foote", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c29f3a5b-3e47-4a43-8828-e0e574e36f0b"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1243"
source_hash: "fe3d77cdfd33ad631906b1df7d9639ed7fbf00e8a579d4e5974ff23485d2aeee"
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 18-1243 (2018A) — Civil Rape Shield Law

Under Colorado criminal law there is a rape shield law that presumes that evidence of a victim's sexual conduct is irrelevant and not admissible except for:

## 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_hb1243_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1243_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1243_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1243_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1243_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1243_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1243_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/25/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1243_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cole Wist — primary (person)
- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Mike Foote — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/23/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/22/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/21/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c29f3a5b-3e47-4a43-8828-e0e574e36f0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).