---
type: "Bill"
title: "Offenses Related to Operating a Vehicle"
description: "Under existing law, it is a class A traffic infraction to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a commercial driver's license, to operate a commercial motor vehicle if the operator is under 21 years of age, or to drive a commercial motor vehicle if the person has more than one driver's license. The act makes each a class 1 misdemeanor; except that, if a person presents a valid commercial driver's license to the court within 30 days, the offense is a class A traffic infraction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1135"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1135 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dylan Roberts", "Marc Snyder", "Matt Soper", "Perry Will"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 22
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2024-01-29T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25f76628-ffbe-4ebd-b58a-d14740013e3b"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1135"
source_hash: "4f5480bfa03898e39423774368caa0533b2f909d8b6d08981fa7efaa719a0637"
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 HB 24-1135 (2024A) — Offenses Related to Operating a Vehicle

Under existing law, it is a class A traffic infraction to operate a commercial motor vehicle without a commercial driver's license, to operate a commercial motor vehicle if the operator is under 21 years of age, or to drive a commercial motor vehicle if the person has more than one driver's license. The act makes each a class 1 misdemeanor; except that, if a person presents a valid commercial driver's license to the court within 30 days, the offense is a class A traffic infraction.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_hb1135_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1135_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1135_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1135_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/28/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1135_h_jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1135_h_jud_fin_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1135_h_jud_fin_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1135_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1135_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1135_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/20/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1135_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- RECONSIDER REPASSAGE — **60–3** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT — **57–7** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CCR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **53–11** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT — **58–3** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **53–11** (pass) · lower
- NOT CNCR — **61–2** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- RECONSIDER ADOPTION OF CCR — **60–3** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **53–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Marc Snyder — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Reconsider - CCR produced
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2024-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2024-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/25f76628-ffbe-4ebd-b58a-d14740013e3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).