republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1303.md

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Bill	Youth Sports Coach Exempt Employment Security Act	The bill exempts from the definition of "employment" under the "Colorado Employment Security Act" (act) nonprofit youth sports organization coaches if there is a written agreement between the coach and the organization that meets certain requirements, including a statement that the coach is an independent contractor. The organization may not control the means or methods by which the coach provides coaching services, nor may the organization terminate the coach except for breach of contract or noncompliance with the requirements of the youth sports governing body or industry standards. If the bill's requirements are satisfied, then the coach will be considered an independent contractor for purposes of the act.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	HB 18-1303	Colorado HB 18-1303 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Alec Garnett Cole Wist Jack Tate	9	12	2	2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00	2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/30a52d74-d836-4a77-9161-5089e089f3f0	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1303	82d1ec683d7599b53b0b7c838aeefc02c99f8d86d51b802360c76f76b90741d0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 18-1303 (2018A) — Youth Sports Coach Exempt Employment Security Act

The bill exempts from the definition of "employment" under the "Colorado Employment Security Act" (act) nonprofit youth sports organization coaches if there is a written agreement between the coach and the organization that meets certain requirements, including a statement that the coach is an independent contractor. The organization may not control the means or methods by which the coach provides coaching services, nor may the organization terminate the coach except for breach of contract or noncompliance with the requirements of the youth sports governing body or industry standards. If the bill's requirements are satisfied, then the coach will be considered an independent contractor for purposes of the act.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/26/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/14/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/20/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/26/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (04/27/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/03/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (05/02/2018) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (06/06/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 62–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alec Garnett — primary (person)
• Cole Wist — primary (person)
• Jack Tate — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2018-05-14T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-05-14T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance introduction
• 2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/30a52d74-d836-4a77-9161-5089e089f3f0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).