republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-242.md

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Bill	Public Official Oath Of Office	The bill requires a person swearing an oath of office for a public office or position to do so by swearing by the everliving God. The bill also requires the person swearing the oath of office to do so with an uplifted hand.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	SB 18-242	Colorado SB 18-242 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Stephen Humphrey Timothy Leonard Vicki Marble	8	16	7	2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00	2018-06-01T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3e1e5593-545d-4dc3-8265-af047625c2e2	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-242	ef82b430487b43351d733a3f8c2651245e97bac7f635798850ef5c12e9d0bc55	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 18-242 (2018A) — Public Official Oath Of Office

The bill requires a person swearing an oath of office for a public office or position to do so by swearing by the everliving God. The bill also requires the person swearing the oath of office to do so with an uplifted hand.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/23/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/17/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/13/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (04/24/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (05/09/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (05/08/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (06/01/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PERM — 35–30 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 19–16 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 18–17 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 24–11 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 19–16 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 63–2 (pass) · lower
• AMD — 35–30 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Stephen Humphrey — primary (person)
• Timothy Leonard — 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
• 2018-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-05-09T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2018-05-09T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Reconsider
• 2018-05-09T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2018-05-09T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3e1e5593-545d-4dc3-8265-af047625c2e2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).