---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado Department of Education Student Teacher Criminal History Record Checks"
description: "The bill permits a student in an educator preparation program who is seeking field experiences in a school (student) to submit his or her fingerprints to the Colorado bureau of investigation (bureau) for the purpose of performing a fingerprint-based criminal history record check for the student. Upon completion of the fingerprint-based criminal history record check, the bureau must forward the results to the department of education (department). If the fingerprint-based criminal history record check of a student performed pursuant to this section reveals a record of arrest without a disposition, the department is required to perform a name-based criminal history record check of that student."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-229"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-229 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Beth Martinez Humenik", "Kim Ransom"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/050fdb3f-4f05-477c-8f08-10d8f152868f"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-229"
source_hash: "3b2e94fd76a3c33b77a117fd1d7b1fe10515086f79a57b68a8d2097b00edc049"
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 18-229 (2018A) — Colorado Department of Education Student Teacher Criminal History Record Checks

The bill permits a student in an educator preparation program who is seeking field experiences in a school (student) to submit his or her fingerprints to the Colorado bureau of investigation (bureau) for the purpose of performing a fingerprint-based criminal history record check for the student. Upon completion of the fingerprint-based criminal history record check, the bureau must forward the results to the department of education (department). If the fingerprint-based criminal history record check of a student performed pursuant to this section reveals a record of arrest without a disposition, the department is required to perform a name-based criminal history record check of that student.

## 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_sb229_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_229_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_229_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_229_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_229sedu_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/24/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_229seduapp.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_229_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_229_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_229_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/24/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_229_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Beth Martinez Humenik — primary (person)
- Kim Ransom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Lay Over Amended
- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/050fdb3f-4f05-477c-8f08-10d8f152868f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).