---
type: "Bill"
title: "Financing Rural Broadband Deployment"
description: "Section 1 of the bill amends the definition of \"broadband network\" to increase the speed of downstream broadband internet service from at least 4 megabits per second to at least 10 megabits per second and the definition of \"unserved area\" to refer to areas that are unincorporated, or within a city with a population of fewer than 7,500 inhabitants, and that are not receiving federal broadband support."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-002"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-002 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crisanta Duran", "Don Coram", "Jerry Sonnenberg", "KC Becker"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd68c66b-83ee-4117-83b2-4aac11248dd7"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-002"
source_hash: "0862102ed493efc12d06a40a17748804862eb90d85a8b29664b482559d5c02b3"
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 SB 18-002 (2018A) — Financing Rural Broadband Deployment

Section 1 of the bill amends the definition of "broadband network" to increase the speed of downstream broadband internet service from at least 4 megabits per second to at least 10 megabits per second and the definition of "unserved area" to refer to areas that are unincorporated, or within a city with a population of fewer than 7,500 inhabitants, and that are not receiving federal broadband support.

## 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_sb002_h_agr_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_002_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_002_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_002_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_002sblt_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/14/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_002ag_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_002_ren.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (2) (02/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_002_rn2.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (03/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_002_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (03/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_002_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (04/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_002_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **31–4** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **20–15** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **16–18** (fail) · upper
- REPASS — **29–6** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **30–5** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **50–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crisanta Duran — primary (person)
- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Jerry Sonnenberg — primary (person)
- KC Becker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
- **2018-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2018-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments
- **2018-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/07/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd68c66b-83ee-4117-83b2-4aac11248dd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).