---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ban Vote Trading"
description: "The bill makes it a misdemeanor criminal offense for a person to trade a vote or offer to trade a vote with another elector in this state or a person in another state in exchange for the other person's vote for or against a particular candidate, ballot issue, or ballot question."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-076"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-076 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jovan Melton", "Kevin Lundberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67c2fb73-925e-4adb-832b-8361f08bc638"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-076"
source_hash: "783fbb54a2a3c22174f4c96680c6a4823318a75bc260ac4fc5fc7c91785494a3"
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 18-076 (2018A) — Ban Vote Trading

The bill makes it a misdemeanor criminal offense for a person to trade a vote or offer to trade a vote with another elector in this state or a person in another state in exchange for the other person's vote for or against a particular candidate, ballot issue, or ballot question.

## 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_sb076_h_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_076_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_076_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_076_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_076sa_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_076_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_076_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_076_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_076_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **35–29** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **20–31** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jovan Melton — primary (person)
- Kevin Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/11/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/10/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2018-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2018-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67c2fb73-925e-4adb-832b-8361f08bc638`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).