---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Welfare Reforms"
description: "Joint Budget Committee. The bill addresses numerous reforms to the funding structure for the state's child welfare services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-254"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-254 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Dave Young", "Dominick Moreno", "Kent Lambert"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0e556f8-47bd-4f23-9fab-ea644ac0672a"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-254"
source_hash: "0a6d7a5e983e01ac25656ff850417e7f9f458f6308eded6dbf86c716c6dd749e"
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 18-254 (2018A) — Child Welfare Reforms

Joint Budget Committee. The bill addresses numerous reforms to the funding structure for the state's child welfare services.

## 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_sb254_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_254_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_254_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_254_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/24/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_254sapp_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_254_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_254_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_254_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_254_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **48–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
- Dave Young — primary (person)
- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Kent Lambert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-18T06:00:00+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
- **2018-05-15T06:00:00+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`
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `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`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0e556f8-47bd-4f23-9fab-ea644ac0672a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).