republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-073.md

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Bill	Report Transfer Ownership Motor Vehicle	The bill creates a voluntary program administered by the department of revenue that authorizes the owner of a motor vehicle to report a transfer of ownership of the motor vehicle. If the previous owner reports the transfer to the department, the previous owner is not subject to liability for the misuse of the vehicle. The department will notify owners of the option to report a transfer of ownership by placing a notice on registration renewal information and the title and by notifying the public. The bill also clarifies that the protection against liability does not apply to the owner for liability arising from the act of selling the vehicle.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	SB 18-073	Colorado SB 18-073 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Jim Smallwood Kim Ransom Leslie Herod	9	12	3	2018-01-12T07:00:00+00:00	2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/39042cd7-d603-4bcf-a273-631de4ab61da	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-073	effba85dae1b8f6fcd39a22aa56de431c26df27933a73c74f549a66622e83095	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 18-073 (2018A) — Report Transfer Ownership Motor Vehicle

The bill creates a voluntary program administered by the department of revenue that authorizes the owner of a motor vehicle to report a transfer of ownership of the motor vehicle. If the previous owner reports the transfer to the department, the previous owner is not subject to liability for the misuse of the vehicle. The department will notify owners of the option to report a transfer of ownership by placing a notice on registration renewal information and the title and by notifying the public. The bill also clarifies that the protection against liability does not apply to the owner for liability arising from the act of selling the vehicle.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (02/06/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (03/20/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/12/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/02/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (02/07/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (03/14/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (03/13/2018) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (03/29/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 34–0 (pass) · lower
• AMEND — 31–3 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 63–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
• Kim Ransom — primary (person)
• Leslie Herod — 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
• 2018-03-19T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-03-14T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-02-12T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Energy introduction
• 2018-02-07T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-3, passage
• 2018-02-06T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2018-02-01T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-01-12T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39042cd7-d603-4bcf-a273-631de4ab61da. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).