---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relief From Criminal Collateral Consequences"
description: "Current law has separate collateral relief sections for when a court orders an alternative sentence, probation, or community corrections. The bill combines collateral relief provisions into one section and authorizes a court to enter an order for collateral relief at the time of conviction of a defendant or any time thereafter. The bill requires a fingerprint-based criminal history record check only if the hearing is held after sentencing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1344"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1344 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominick Moreno", "Don Coram", "Lang Sias", "Mike Weissman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b44d697a-b4bb-413c-af4b-ae26526fa502"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1344"
source_hash: "f85587357d8f58da1aeb75aaec2983d9ad39500bc5c92b2340e081534af4062b"
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 18-1344 (2018A) — Relief From Criminal Collateral Consequences

Current law has separate collateral relief sections for when a court orders an alternative sentence, probation, or community corrections. The bill combines collateral relief provisions into one section and authorizes a court to enter an order for collateral relief at the time of conviction of a defendant or any time thereafter. The bill requires a fingerprint-based criminal history record check only if the hearing is held after sentencing.

## 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_hb1344_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1344_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1344_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1344_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1344_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1344_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/25/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1344_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1344_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Lang Sias — primary (person)
- Mike Weissman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+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/b44d697a-b4bb-413c-af4b-ae26526fa502`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).