---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact"
description: "The bill repeals the current 'Nurse Licensure Compact' and adopts the 'Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact'."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-027"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-027 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hugh McKean", "Jim Smallwood", "Nancy Todd", "Tracy Kraft-Tharp"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-01-18T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb74be82-ff27-43c6-8adb-cd5adc9eb98e"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-027"
source_hash: "2753aaa2fea53d715eefa43cef52dad31c031e3c7c7e34ddb800b39795c3f6bb"
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 18-027 (2018A) — Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact

The bill repeals the current 'Nurse Licensure Compact' and adopts the 'Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact'.

## 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_sb027_h_fin_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_027_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (01/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_027_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_027_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_027sapp_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (01/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_027_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (01/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_027_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (01/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_027_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (01/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_027_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **57–2** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **31–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hugh McKean — primary (person)
- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
- Nancy Todd — primary (person)
- Tracy Kraft-Tharp — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2018-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance + Appropriations `introduction`
- **2018-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-11T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-01-11T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-01-11T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance + Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb74be82-ff27-43c6-8adb-cd5adc9eb98e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).