---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special License Plate Nonprofit Donation"
description: "Currently, several statutes require a person to donate to a nonprofit organization to qualify for a special license plate. The fee is sometimes set in statute, and sometimes the fee is limited by statute. The bill authorizes the organization to increase by $10 the minimum donation for the issuance of the plate. Beginning July 1, 2019, this amount may be adjusted annually for inflation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-046"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-046 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Dominick Moreno", "Faith Winter"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9fcb836-6241-42e6-8289-02107f11c6b1"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-046"
source_hash: "6c94606a6f8918a5e786f37d39f287a04750db225628419b872da54372b6b6bf"
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 18-046 (2018A) — Special License Plate Nonprofit Donation

Currently, several statutes require a person to donate to a nonprofit organization to qualify for a special license plate. The fee is sometimes set in statute, and sometimes the fee is limited by statute. The bill authorizes the organization to increase by $10 the minimum donation for the issuance of the plate. Beginning July 1, 2019, this amount may be adjusted annually for inflation.

## 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_sb046_h_tra_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_046_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_046_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_046_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_046_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_046_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_046_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_046_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **37–26** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28T07:00:00+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 - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9fcb836-6241-42e6-8289-02107f11c6b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).