---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Treasurer Investment Authority"
description: "The bill authorizes the state treasurer to invest state money in securities issued by a sovereign, national, or supranational entity that are rated at least investment grade by a nationally recognized rating organization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1402"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1402 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angela Williams", "Bob Gardner", "Dave Young", "Polly Lawrence"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c4903b8-d000-41ec-a311-d40556a54eea"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1402"
source_hash: "cca06980430a8e6cbd02a91bbaa9274495c2127692f413d357da1a8a9a97316f"
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 18-1402 (2018A) — State Treasurer Investment Authority

The bill authorizes the state treasurer to invest state money in securities issued by a sovereign, national, or supranational entity that are rated at least investment grade by a nationally recognized rating organization.

## 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_hb1402_s_fin_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/24/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1402_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1402_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1402_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1402sfin_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/25/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1402_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1402_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1402_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1402_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **59–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **61–3** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **58–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Angela Williams — primary (person)
- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Dave Young — primary (person)
- Polly Lawrence — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c4903b8-d000-41ec-a311-d40556a54eea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).