republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-028.md

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Bill	Motor Vehicle License Plate Mounting Requirements	Current law requires each license plate to be at the approximate center of a motor vehicle and at least 12 inches from the ground. The bill repeals this requirement for the front license plate and replaces it with a requirement that the front license plate be mounted horizontally on the front in the location designated by the manufacturer.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	SB 18-028	Colorado SB 18-028 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Jeff Bridges Ray Scott	9	12	2	2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00	2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/03b63fea-b48c-4c74-bc21-fd9939159933	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-028	f8a3bf8099f5e523a7a2c332e1b274035edbbceaa61d9020a75c67e7b27f5f63	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 18-028 (2018A) — Motor Vehicle License Plate Mounting Requirements

Current law requires each license plate to be at the approximate center of a motor vehicle and at least 12 inches from the ground. The bill repeals this requirement for the front license plate and replaces it with a requirement that the front license plate be mounted horizontally on the front in the location designated by the manufacturer.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (02/02/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (03/20/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/10/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (01/31/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (02/05/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (03/13/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (03/12/2018) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (03/29/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 34–0 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 64–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
• Ray Scott — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2018-03-07T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-02-08T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Energy introduction
• 2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-02-02T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2018-01-30T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Transportation Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/03b63fea-b48c-4c74-bc21-fd9939159933. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).