republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1411.md

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Bill	Employees Working With Vulnerable Persons	Current law requires employees of the department of human services and independent contractors with the department of human services (employees) who have or will have direct contact with vulnerable persons to undergo a fingerprint-based criminal history record check (background check) in order to work in a facility operated by or licensed by the department of human services. Current law also requires employees or operators of licensed child care facilities or child placement agencies to undergo a background check. Employees or operators of licensed child care facilities that are under contract with the department of human services must obtain 2 separate background checks, one pursuant to title 26, Colorado Revised Statutes, and one pursuant to title 27, Colorado Revised Statutes.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	HB 18-1411	Colorado HB 18-1411 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Dan Pabon Jim Smallwood	9	12	2	2018-04-20T06:00:00+00:00	2018-05-24T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/dbd5267b-d398-44d7-b88b-66a947d781c1	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1411	db4b45e33f36c17ed90597333394bc6362aa9e3d951b30128996eb567159f9d9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 18-1411 (2018A) — Employees Working With Vulnerable Persons

Current law requires employees of the department of human services and independent contractors with the department of human services (employees) who have or will have direct contact with vulnerable persons to undergo a fingerprint-based criminal history record check (background check) in order to work in a facility operated by or licensed by the department of human services. Current law also requires employees or operators of licensed child care facilities or child placement agencies to undergo a background check. Employees or operators of licensed child care facilities that are under contract with the department of human services must obtain 2 separate background checks, one pursuant to title 26, Colorado Revised Statutes, and one pursuant to title 27, Colorado Revised Statutes.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/30/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/18/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/20/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/30/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (05/01/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/04/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (05/03/2018) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (05/24/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 61–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dan Pabon — primary (person)
• Jim Smallwood — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance introduction
• 2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dbd5267b-d398-44d7-b88b-66a947d781c1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).