---
type: "Bill"
title: "Procurement Process For Major IT Information Technology Projects"
description: "Joint Budget Committee. The bill requires internal process changes in connection with the procurement process for major information technology (IT) projects as follows:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1421"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1421 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Jack Tate", "Kent Lambert"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d7e6da6-1742-41f7-a514-df5715e6bbad"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1421"
source_hash: "0967f0e5fa5e3ebf71cda88c747b5defc14bbe33f04d6b401d3d6185f5ecd381"
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 18-1421 (2018A) — Procurement Process For Major IT Information Technology Projects

Joint Budget Committee. The bill requires internal process changes in connection with the procurement process for major information technology (IT) projects as follows:

## 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_hb1421_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1421_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1421_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1421_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1421bus_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1421_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1421_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1421_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1421_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **64–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
- Jack Tate — primary (person)
- Kent Lambert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 05/03/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+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/8d7e6da6-1742-41f7-a514-df5715e6bbad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).