---
type: "Bill"
title: "Similar Coverage Independent Commercial Vehicles"
description: "Current law requires independent operators of commercial vehicles to have workers' compensation or a private insurance policy that provides similar coverage. The bill changes 'private insurance policy' to 'occupational accident coverage insurance policy' and specifies the requirements for when such a policy may be considered as providing similar coverage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-178"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-178 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Smallwood", "Tracy Kraft-Tharp"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f487096-bf15-40c1-8ef1-f1697ada3113"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-178"
source_hash: "bb6668a8d93aa895311abee4d5e41c46a93a1ae1e59bcc445b0dec3de1190811"
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 18-178 (2018A) — Similar Coverage Independent Commercial Vehicles

Current law requires independent operators of commercial vehicles to have workers' compensation or a private insurance policy that provides similar coverage. The bill changes 'private insurance policy' to 'occupational accident coverage insurance policy' and specifies the requirements for when such a policy may be considered as providing similar coverage.

## 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_sb178_h_bus_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_178_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_178_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/21/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_178_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_178sblt_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_178_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_178_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_178_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_178_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
- Tracy Kraft-Tharp — 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
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor `introduction`
- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f487096-bf15-40c1-8ef1-f1697ada3113`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).