republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1314.md

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Bill	Drone Interference With Public Safety Operations	The bill states that, as used in the existing criminal offense of obstructing a peace officer, firefighter, emergency medical service provider, rescue specialist, or volunteer, the term 'obstacle' includes an unmanned aircraft system. The bill also adds language stating that the offense does not apply to an unmanned aircraft system operator who complies with certain operational requirements.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	HB 18-1314	Colorado HB 18-1314 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Joann Ginal John Cooke Polly Lawrence	9	13	2	2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00	2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c889b59f-cf4c-4194-9920-9492d513c5c0	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1314	8038dac480a62cccf873c31f4086856cca5d9b581ec278a03795af2aa56399fb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 18-1314 (2018A) — Drone Interference With Public Safety Operations

The bill states that, as used in the existing criminal offense of obstructing a peace officer, firefighter, emergency medical service provider, rescue specialist, or volunteer, the term 'obstacle' includes an unmanned aircraft system. The bill also adds language stating that the offense does not apply to an unmanned aircraft system operator who complies with certain operational requirements.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/18/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/14/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/22/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/16/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (04/19/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/01/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (04/30/2018) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (06/06/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 62–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Joann Ginal — primary (person)
• John Cooke — primary (person)
• Polly Lawrence — 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
• 2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-2
• 2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/18/2018 - No Amendments
• 2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c889b59f-cf4c-4194-9920-9492d513c5c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).