republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-178.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Similar Coverage Independent Commercial Vehicles	Current law requires independent operators of commercial vehicles to have workers' compensation or a private insurance policy that provides similar coverage. The bill changes 'private insurance policy' to 'occupational accident coverage insurance policy' and specifies the requirements for when such a policy may be considered as providing similar coverage.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	SB 18-178	Colorado SB 18-178 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Jim Smallwood Tracy Kraft-Tharp	9	13	2	2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00	2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2f487096-bf15-40c1-8ef1-f1697ada3113	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-178	bb6668a8d93aa895311abee4d5e41c46a93a1ae1e59bcc445b0dec3de1190811	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 18-178 (2018A) — Similar Coverage Independent Commercial Vehicles

Current law requires independent operators of commercial vehicles to have workers' compensation or a private insurance policy that provides similar coverage. The bill changes 'private insurance policy' to 'occupational accident coverage insurance policy' and specifies the requirements for when such a policy may be considered as providing similar coverage.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/26/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (04/26/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/21/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/22/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (03/27/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (04/19/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (04/18/2018) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (05/04/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
• Tracy Kraft-Tharp — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 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 - No Amendments reading-2
• 2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor introduction
• 2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2018-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f487096-bf15-40c1-8ef1-f1697ada3113. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).