republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-255.md

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Bill	Electronic Documents And Signatures Vehicle Titles	Current law provides that a record may not be denied effect merely because it is electronic. The bill clarifies that this applies to documents needed to obtain a certificate of title and electronic signatures. The bill also clarifies that a written power of attorney is not needed merely because a record, document, or signature is in an electronic form. The department need not implement an electronic system as a result of these changes.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	SB 18-255	Colorado SB 18-255 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Edie Hooton Jack Tate Jeni James Arndt	9	13	6	2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00	2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/27a60e0f-046b-4900-a063-f34e695155a4	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-255	ecd48cf3f2fc13c8c9f4465ad0c42c0bd9fa5306fdabe592632ecc20a454047a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 18-255 (2018A) — Electronic Documents And Signatures Vehicle Titles

Current law provides that a record may not be denied effect merely because it is electronic. The bill clarifies that this applies to documents needed to obtain a certificate of title and electronic signatures. The bill also clarifies that a written power of attorney is not needed merely because a record, document, or signature is in an electronic form. The department need not implement an electronic system as a result of these changes.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/25/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/17/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/17/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (05/04/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (04/26/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/08/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (05/07/2018) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (06/06/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• AMD — 54–11 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 65–0 (pass) · lower
• PERM — 62–3 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 35–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 35–0 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Edie Hooton — primary (person)
• Jack Tate — primary (person)
• Jeni James Arndt — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-06T06:00:00+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
• 2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Energy introduction
• 2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-2
• 2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/27a60e0f-046b-4900-a063-f34e695155a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).