---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Jurisdiction Of County Courts And Filing Fees"
description: "Under current law, a person may file a civil action in county court if the value of the claim is $15,000 or less. The bill increases that limit to $35,000 or less. When the debt, damage, or value of the personal property claimed is $15,000 or less, then attorney fees are not included in the value of the claim, but when the debt, damage, or value of the personal property claimed exceeds $15,000, then attorney fees are included in the value of the claim."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-056"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-056 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cheri Jahn", "Pete Lee", "Yeulin Willett"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/062e5e37-02e1-4d21-b7e3-41911bddee8a"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-056"
source_hash: "3330a2f6952d19e3d4d04347dee901a9c5675741ed2d480fb0b31e0f6cae54c1"
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 18-056 (2018A) — Civil Jurisdiction Of County Courts And Filing Fees

Under current law, a person may file a civil action in county court if the value of the claim is $15,000 or less. The bill increases that limit to $35,000 or less. When the debt, damage, or value of the personal property claimed is $15,000 or less, then attorney fees are not included in the value of the claim, but when the debt, damage, or value of the personal property claimed exceeds $15,000, then attorney fees are included in the value of the claim.

## 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_sb056_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_056_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_056_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_056_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_056sjud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_056sjudfin.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/20/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_056jud_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (03/14/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_056_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_056_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/24/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_056_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_056_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **65–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cheri Jahn — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)
- Yeulin Willett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over to 04/26/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2018-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
- **2018-01-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/062e5e37-02e1-4d21-b7e3-41911bddee8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).