republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1078.md

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Bill	Court Programs For Veterans	At the first appearance of a defendant in court or upon arraignment, and before accepting a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, the court shall ascertain whether the defendant is currently serving in the United States armed forces or is a veteran of such forces. The court shall inform any such defendant that he or she may be entitled to receive mental health treatment, substance use disorder treatment, or other services as a veteran.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	HB 18-1078	Colorado HB 18-1078 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Bob Gardner Lois Landgraf Tony Exum	10	19	5	2018-01-17T07:00:00+00:00	2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7bd9bfb2-fc80-470b-a117-e533c28cdf13	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1078	269f76b0bacbb397245349892521478c3aae1055afca5455eb4a3e952c1560f8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 18-1078 (2018A) — Court Programs For Veterans

At the first appearance of a defendant in court or upon arraignment, and before accepting a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, the court shall ascertain whether the defendant is currently serving in the United States armed forces or is a veteran of such forces. The court shall inform any such defendant that he or she may be entitled to receive mental health treatment, substance use disorder treatment, or other services as a veteran.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (02/28/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (04/11/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/17/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/21/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (03/20/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (03/05/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (03/23/2018) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (03/22/2018) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (04/12/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 63–1 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 59–4 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 33–2 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 60–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bob Gardner — primary (person)
• Lois Landgraf — primary (person)
• Tony Exum — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-04-10T06:00:00+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 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments
• 2018-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2018-03-19T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2018-03-05T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-02T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over to 03/05/2018 - No Amendments
• 2018-02-28T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2018-02-27T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/28/2018 - No Amendments
• 2018-02-26T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/27/2018 - No Amendments
• 2018-02-23T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/26/2018 - No Amendments
• 2018-02-20T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-01-17T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7bd9bfb2-fc80-470b-a117-e533c28cdf13. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).