republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-203.md

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Bill	Conflict-free Representation In Municipal Courts	The bill requires each municipality, on and after January 1, 2020, to provide independent indigent defense for each indigent defendant facing a possible jail sentence for a violation of a municipal ordinance. Independent indigent defense requires, at minimum, that a nonpartisan entity independent of the municipal court and municipal officials oversee the provision of indigent defense counsel. To satisfy this requirement, a municipality may:	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	SB 18-203	Colorado SB 18-203 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Susan Lontine Vicki Marble	11	17	5	2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00	2018-06-01T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e909f220-ce89-4684-b563-d16243bd4cc6	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-203	8903c2d4581ff9fd5a15a673852cf21d470f6a2e5271c24fca755fe28c58ab65	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 18-203 (2018A) — Conflict-free Representation In Municipal Courts

The bill requires each municipality, on and after January 1, 2020, to provide independent indigent defense for each indigent defendant facing a possible jail sentence for a violation of a municipal ordinance. Independent indigent defense requires, at minimum, that a nonpartisan entity independent of the municipal court and municipal officials oversee the provision of indigent defense counsel. To satisfy this requirement, a municipality may:

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/16/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/11/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/12/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/02/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/30/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (05/02/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (04/17/2018) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (05/03/2018) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (05/02/2018) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (06/01/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• REPASS — 26–8 (pass) · upper
• ADHERE — 14–20 (fail) · upper
• CONCUR — 24–10 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 29–6 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 36–29 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Susan Lontine — primary (person)
• Vicki Marble — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-03-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
• 2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e909f220-ce89-4684-b563-d16243bd4cc6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).