---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lowering Mandatory Parole From 5 Years To 3 Years"
description: "Sentencing in the Criminal Justice System Interim Study Committee. Under current law, the length of a mandatory parole sentence for a class 2 and 3 felony is 5 years. The bill lowers the length of mandatory parole for a class 2 felony if the offense is not a crime of violence and a class 3 felony to 3 years.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1029"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1029 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Lundberg", "Mike Weissman"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b97133a6-4fad-4b15-98e9-2fa39fb58e7d"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1029"
source_hash: "b2bf575db6baa8fdab9b59916b2b8d40960bf3558e69d80a12b91bead47ecd5f"
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 18-1029 (2018A) — Lowering Mandatory Parole From 5 Years To 3 Years

Sentencing in the Criminal Justice System Interim Study Committee. Under current law, the length of a mandatory parole sentence for a class 2 and 3 felony is 5 years. The bill lowers the length of mandatory parole for a class 2 felony if the offense is not a crime of violence and a class 3 felony to 3 years.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

## 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_hb1029_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1029_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1029_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1029_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1029sjud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1029_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1029_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1029_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1029_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **49–15** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **28–6** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **50–11** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **59–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kevin Lundberg — primary (person)
- Mike Weissman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2018-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2018-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10T07:00:00+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/b97133a6-4fad-4b15-98e9-2fa39fb58e7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).