republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-249.md

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Bill	Redirection Criminal Justice Behavioral Health	The bill creates up to 4 pilot programs in judicial districts in the state that divert individuals with low-level criminal behavior and a mental health condition to community resources and treatment rather than continued criminal justice involvement (program). The programs must be developed in accordance with the principles and proposed model recommended by the Colorado commission on criminal and juvenile justice, adopted on January 12, 2018.The state court administrator (SCAO) and the Colorado district attorneys' council shall collaborate to identify potential program sites, with the agreement of the elected district attorneys and chief judges in a judicial district.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	SB 18-249	Colorado SB 18-249 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Bob Gardner Dave Young Kent Lambert Pete Lee	11	15	4	2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00	2018-05-30T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/720fc2e4-a0ed-4197-bb89-96e605e4cec6	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-249	b5698e9879238c1f6f08359c7986fa0b86ba2e42625b1e487c984aba657d3147	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 18-249 (2018A) — Redirection Criminal Justice Behavioral Health

The bill creates up to 4 pilot programs in judicial districts in the state that divert individuals with low-level criminal behavior and a mental health condition to community resources and treatment rather than continued criminal justice involvement (program). The programs must be developed in accordance with the principles and proposed model recommended by the Colorado commission on criminal and juvenile justice, adopted on January 12, 2018.The state court administrator (SCAO) and the Colorado district attorneys' council shall collaborate to identify potential program sites, with the agreement of the elected district attorneys and chief judges in a judicial district.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (05/02/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/16/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/17/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (05/01/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (05/04/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (05/04/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (05/03/2018) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (05/07/2018) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (05/04/2018) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (05/30/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONCUR — 35–0 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 35–0 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 33–0 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 44–21 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bob Gardner — primary (person)
• Dave Young — primary (person)
• Kent Lambert — primary (person)
• Pete Lee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-30T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2018-05-15T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/720fc2e4-a0ed-4197-bb89-96e605e4cec6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).