---
type: "Bill"
title: "Update Colorado Code Of Military Justice"
description: "The bill updates the Colorado code of military justice (code). Sections 1 and 2 of the bill define terms related to the code and clarify the applicability of the code. Sections 4 and 6 authorize commanding officers to arrest any enlisted member, impose certain disciplinary punishments without the intervention of a court-martial, and clarify those punishments and who may impose them. Sections 7 to 9 describe the punishments that may be imposed by general, special, and summary courts-martial. Section 9 also removes a person's ability to refuse trial by summary court-martial."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-135"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-135 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Pete Lee", "Terri Carver"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-29T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15cfd3ce-2d2b-4962-9abf-4bd773b51c57"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-135"
source_hash: "2f7d1a8ac969b013de07c58cf545563eebfb5cf6b2375477c72b7d3a92f2efa0"
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 18-135 (2018A) — Update Colorado Code Of Military Justice

The bill updates the Colorado code of military justice (code). Sections 1 and 2 of the bill define terms related to the code and clarify the applicability of the code. Sections 4 and 6 authorize commanding officers to arrest any enlisted member, impose certain disciplinary punishments without the intervention of a court-martial, and clarify those punishments and who may impose them. Sections 7 to 9 describe the punishments that may be imposed by general, special, and summary courts-martial. Section 9 also removes a person's ability to refuse trial by summary court-martial.

## 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_sb135_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_135_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_135_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_135_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_135jud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_135_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_135_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_135_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_135_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)
- Terri Carver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+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, Floor
- **2018-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2018-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-29T07:00:00+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/15cfd3ce-2d2b-4962-9abf-4bd773b51c57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).