---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' Compensation Out-of-state Workers Temporarily In Colorado"
description: "The bill establishes an exemption from the 'Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado' for an out-of-state employer whose employees are working in Colorado on a temporary basis as long as:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1308"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1308 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Kagan", "Jon Becker", "Owen Hill", "Tracy Kraft-Tharp"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6461255-cf9e-4345-9b95-dffcdd1abc22"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1308"
source_hash: "120b6b1b8010d9b6262884648ab3bca48900074c249193618cb7a5156b866b73"
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 18-1308 (2018A) — Workers' Compensation Out-of-state Workers Temporarily In Colorado

The bill establishes an exemption from the 'Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado' for an out-of-state employer whose employees are working in Colorado on a temporary basis as long as:

## 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_hb1308_s_blt_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1308_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1308_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/20/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1308_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/28/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1308bus_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1308_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1308_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1308_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1308_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel Kagan — primary (person)
- Jon Becker — primary (person)
- Owen Hill — primary (person)
- Tracy Kraft-Tharp — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+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
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2018-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2018-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/02/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6461255-cf9e-4345-9b95-dffcdd1abc22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).