---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unattended Motor Vehicles Remote Starter Systems"
description: "Currently, if a person's motor vehicle has a remote starter system and adequate security measures, he or she may leave the motor vehicle unattended while the engine is running. The bill provides that a motor vehicle may be left unattended if either a remote starter system or adequate security measures are in place."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1296"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1296 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominick Moreno", "Jovan Melton", "Justin Everett", "Vicki Marble"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 18
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86870fba-119d-4b14-aa20-01b65b60a94c"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1296"
source_hash: "dd918bcff8e2ca77a1a8f3759d622e3df60ed5c0e2879b4aa9782edeb0425e47"
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 18-1296 (2018A) — Unattended Motor Vehicles Remote Starter Systems

Currently, if a person's motor vehicle has a remote starter system and adequate security measures, he or she may leave the motor vehicle unattended while the engine is running. The bill provides that a motor vehicle may be left unattended if either a remote starter system or adequate security measures are in place.

## 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_hb1296_s_sa_002.pdf)
2. **Conference Committee (05/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_hb18-1296cc.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (04/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1296_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (05/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1296_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (03/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1296_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (04/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1296ssta_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1296_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1296_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1296_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1296_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **60–3** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT — **57–4** (pass) · lower
- NOTCNCR — **44–20** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **29–4** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **30–5** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **54–7** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CCR — **33–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Jovan Melton — primary (person)
- Justin Everett — primary (person)
- Vicki Marble — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+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
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Corrected Report Amending Rerevised Bill
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **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 with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended - 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 - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/10/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-15T06:00:00+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/86870fba-119d-4b14-aa20-01b65b60a94c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).