---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change Date Of Regular Special District Elections"
description: "Currently, regular special district elections are held on the Tuesday immediately succeeding the first Monday of May in every even-numbered year. Commencing in 2023, the bill moves such elections to the Tuesday following the first Monday of May in odd-numbered years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1039"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1039 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Kim Ransom"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/193c3a34-f9ad-4432-a5d8-59586193f03e"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1039"
source_hash: "be6fd6d3741e9de4bcb269b2718014af2cfca95f02c56c8a2349c06fb580c347"
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 18-1039 (2018A) — Change Date Of Regular Special District Elections

Currently, regular special district elections are held on the Tuesday immediately succeeding the first Monday of May in every even-numbered year. Commencing in 2023, the bill moves such elections to the Tuesday following the first Monday of May in odd-numbered years.

## 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_hb1039_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1039_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1039_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1039_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1039_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (02/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1039_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (02/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1039_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1039_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Kim Ransom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2018-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/193c3a34-f9ad-4432-a5d8-59586193f03e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).