---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicle License Plate Mounting Requirements"
description: "Current law requires each license plate to be at the approximate center of a motor vehicle and at least 12 inches from the ground. The bill repeals this requirement for the front license plate and replaces it with a requirement that the front license plate be mounted horizontally on the front in the location designated by the manufacturer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-028"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-028 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Bridges", "Ray Scott"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03b63fea-b48c-4c74-bc21-fd9939159933"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-028"
source_hash: "f8a3bf8099f5e523a7a2c332e1b274035edbbceaa61d9020a75c67e7b27f5f63"
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 18-028 (2018A) — Motor Vehicle License Plate Mounting Requirements

Current law requires each license plate to be at the approximate center of a motor vehicle and at least 12 inches from the ground. The bill repeals this requirement for the front license plate and replaces it with a requirement that the front license plate be mounted horizontally on the front in the location designated by the manufacturer.

## 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_sb028_h_tra_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_028_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/20/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_028_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_028_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/31/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_028stra_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_028_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_028_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_028_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_028_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Ray Scott — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03b63fea-b48c-4c74-bc21-fd9939159933`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).