---
type: "Bill"
title: "Make Sex Offender Registration More Effective"
description: "Under current law, a person is required to register as a sex offender (registrant) in Colorado if he or she is a Colorado resident and is required to register in another state. The bill allows a person to petition the court for an order that discontinues the requirement for registration for offense classifications that would not be required to register for if convicted in Colorado."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-026"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-026 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Kagan", "Leslie Herod", "Yeulin Willett"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a586162-a675-43bb-ac8a-dd641ff762e4"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-026"
source_hash: "0f3c9784dd777c38200a9b1728555493c1076f4c2d2a9a3bd680947f7a253161"
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 18-026 (2018A) — Make Sex Offender Registration More Effective

Under current law, a person is required to register as a sex offender (registrant) in Colorado if he or she is a Colorado resident and is required to register in another state. The bill allows a person to petition the court for an order that discontinues the requirement for registration for offense classifications that would not be required to register for if convicted in Colorado.

## 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_sb026_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_026_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_026_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_026_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_026sjud_001_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/21/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_026jud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_026_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_026_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_026_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_026_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **33–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel Kagan — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)
- Yeulin Willett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **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 `reading-2`
- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/02/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/29/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/28/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/27/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/26/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2018-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 02/27/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/7a586162-a675-43bb-ac8a-dd641ff762e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).