---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government Alter Speed Limits"
description: "Current law requires county and municipal authorities (authorities) to conduct a traffic investigation or survey before increasing or decreasing the speed limits within the authority's jurisdiction. The bill allows the authority to also consider the following factors:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1191"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1191 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Martinez Humenik", "Faith Winter", "John Kefalas"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-02T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83c419b6-85ec-441e-a8ef-4f4c03b541c3"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1191"
source_hash: "c2d6561f4105281a0d1f75b2a546c320fc2775948c6a25f29aa578dbe0e486ac"
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 18-1191 (2018A) — Local Government Alter Speed Limits

Current law requires county and municipal authorities (authorities) to conduct a traffic investigation or survey before increasing or decreasing the speed limits within the authority's jurisdiction. The bill allows the authority to also consider the following factors:

## 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_hb1191_s_lg_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1191_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1191_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1191_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1191te_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1191_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1191_rr3.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/21/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1191_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1191_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **20–15** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **37–27** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **41–23** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **38–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beth Martinez Humenik — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- John Kefalas — 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
- **2018-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 04/03/2018
- **2018-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/20/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government `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 - Committee
- **2018-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83c419b6-85ec-441e-a8ef-4f4c03b541c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).