---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unconstitutional Language Interest On Damages"
description: "Statutory Revision Committee. The bill amends section 13-21-101 (1), Colorado Revised Statutes, concerning interest on damages to reflect a 1996 decision made by the Colorado supreme court that ruled certain language in that subsection violated the equal protection clause of the constitution.(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 18-098"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-098 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Thurlow", "Edie Hooton", "Jack Tate", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-22T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f555c18-7f40-45af-ba68-17a4c5c1eec3"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-098"
source_hash: "7f83151a0c1f90f0040c8ac910afaeec6a93ace9f5883985c26a3e003de56b5b"
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 18-098 (2018A) — Unconstitutional Language Interest On Damages

Statutory Revision Committee. The bill amends section 13-21-101 (1), Colorado Revised Statutes, concerning interest on damages to reflect a 1996 decision made by the Colorado supreme court that ruled certain language in that subsection violated the equal protection clause of the constitution.(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_sb098_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_098_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_098_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_098_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_098sjud_001_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_098_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_098_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_098_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_098_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Thurlow — primary (person)
- Edie Hooton — primary (person)
- Jack Tate — 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
- **2018-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2018-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2018-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
- **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/8f555c18-7f40-45af-ba68-17a4c5c1eec3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).