---
type: "Bill"
title: "Outdated References To \"Illegitimate\" Children"
description: "Statutory Revision Committee. The bill removes or modernizes outdated statutory references to a 'legitimate' or 'illegitimate' child and a 'child born out of wedlock'. Colorado only recognizes parentage of a child and acknowledges that the parent and child relationship extends equally to every child and every parent, regardless of the marital status of the parents.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-095"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-095 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Martinez Humenik", "Edie Hooton", "Hugh McKean", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-22T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a9a95d7-be61-4498-b04c-02f75bf9a1b2"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-095"
source_hash: "5e81cdcb1e13ae86370cf4902b854b1407e14b86a0b02d3505e3b5eaae0656c0"
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# Colorado SB 18-095 (2018A) — Outdated References To "Illegitimate" Children

Statutory Revision Committee. The bill removes or modernizes outdated statutory references to a 'legitimate' or 'illegitimate' child and a 'child born out of wedlock'. Colorado only recognizes parentage of a child and acknowledges that the parent and child relationship extends equally to every child and every parent, regardless of the marital status of the parents.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

## 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_sb095_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_095_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_095_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_095_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_095sjud_001_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_095jud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_095_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_095_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_095_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_095_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beth Martinez Humenik — primary (person)
- Edie Hooton — primary (person)
- Hugh McKean — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2018-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-22T07:00:00+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/1a9a95d7-be61-4498-b04c-02f75bf9a1b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).