---
type: "Bill"
title: "Continue The Wildfire Matters Review Committee"
description: "Wildfire Matters Review Committee. The wildfire matters review committee (WMRC) is currently scheduled to repeal on July 1, 2018. The bill defers the repeal date to September 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-039"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-039 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Thurlow", "John Cooke", "Matt Jones", "Tony Exum"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6879e529-9c3a-4721-9a9c-79f4735e48c4"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-039"
source_hash: "2212d1b37be7134b5b7f2aefd17e9c27b190d575dd1430c410d45c7da7424100"
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 18-039 (2018A) — Continue The Wildfire Matters Review Committee

Wildfire Matters Review Committee. The wildfire matters review committee (WMRC) is currently scheduled to repeal on July 1, 2018. The bill defers the repeal date to September 1, 2025.

## 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_sb039_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_039_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_039_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_039_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_039sapp_002_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_039lg_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_039_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_039_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_039_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_039_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **53–12** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Thurlow — primary (person)
- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Matt Jones — primary (person)
- Tony Exum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Legislative Council Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Local Government Refer Amended to Legislative Council `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`
- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6879e529-9c3a-4721-9a9c-79f4735e48c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).