---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Surcharge For Trafficking Children"
description: "Current law requires each person who is convicted of a crime against a child to pay a surcharge to the clerk of the court for the judicial district in which the conviction occurs. The bill adds the crime of human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude to the definition of crime against a child for purposes of the surcharge. For a class 2 felony, the amount of the fine is $1,500. The bill states that if the class 2 felony is for human trafficking of a minor for involuntary servitude or for human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude, then the amount of the fine is $3,000. Additionally, in cases where an offender is required to pay the new surcharge, the court is encouraged to delay any finding of indigence until 6 months after the offender's conviction, at which time the court may require the defendant or defendant's counsel to submit documents that substantiate the defendant's indigence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-055"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-055 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edie Hooton", "Kevin Van Winkle", "Tim Neville"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e942514b-96ce-4506-b04f-ef8bed5b2384"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-055"
source_hash: "eae29e8e9874fa9cfe0e6c3081b4f6b25249ed3e368e4f996e53c5a6e04789bc"
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 18-055 (2018A) — Increase Surcharge For Trafficking Children

Current law requires each person who is convicted of a crime against a child to pay a surcharge to the clerk of the court for the judicial district in which the conviction occurs. The bill adds the crime of human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude to the definition of crime against a child for purposes of the surcharge. For a class 2 felony, the amount of the fine is $1,500. The bill states that if the class 2 felony is for human trafficking of a minor for involuntary servitude or for human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude, then the amount of the fine is $3,000. Additionally, in cases where an offender is required to pay the new surcharge, the court is encouraged to delay any finding of indigence until 6 months after the offender's conviction, at which time the court may require the defendant or defendant's counsel to submit documents that substantiate the defendant's indigence.

## 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_sb055_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_055_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_055_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_055_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (01/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_055_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_055_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_055_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_055_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edie Hooton — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
- Tim Neville — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2018-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2018-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-11T07:00:00+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/e942514b-96ce-4506-b04f-ef8bed5b2384`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).