republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-18.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	Legal Protections for Dignity of Minors	Beginning July 1, 2026, if a petitioner is under 18 years old at the time of filing a petition seeking to change the petitioner's name, the act requires the court to suppress the record unless the petitioner was previously convicted of a felony. The act authorizes the court to use the suppressed court record for administrative purposes, but the court is prohibited from publishing the petitioner's name or the petitioner's new name online. A petitioner who is under 18 years old is not required to give public notice of the name change. The act authorizes an individual to access a suppressed court record without a court order if the individual obtains verbal consent from a party to the case and submits an affidavit to the court, upon penalty of perjury, that the individual has obtained the verbal consent.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	SB 18	Colorado SB 18 (2026A)	bill	Children & Domestic Matters Courts & Judicial	enacted	C. Kolker K. Wallace L. García M. Froelich	7	13	11	2026-01-14	2026-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/7d8670f5-4238-44c1-b5c3-7bde28edcb26	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-018	eca121bb8e7beabf4696b8e63da832ef6740d9691031a0d0639b9b416f50f7a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 18 (2026A) — Legal Protections for Dignity of Minors

Beginning July 1, 2026, if a petitioner is under 18 years old at the time of filing a petition seeking to change the petitioner's name, the act requires the court to suppress the record unless the petitioner was previously convicted of a felony. The act authorizes the court to use the suppressed court record for administrative purposes, but the court is prohibited from publishing the petitioner's name or the petitioner's new name online. A petitioner who is under 18 years old is not required to give public notice of the name change. The act authorizes an individual to access a suppressed court record without a court order if the individual obtains verbal consent from a party to the case and submits an affidavit to the court, upon penalty of perjury, that the individual has obtained the verbal consent.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (committee substitute) — source
4. Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
6. Revised (committee substitute) — source
7. Signed Act (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment D) — pass (pass) · upper
• AMD (H.003) — fail (fail) · lower
• AMD (H.002) — fail (fail) · lower
• Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment G) — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment I) — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-018 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
• AMD (H.001) — fail (fail) · lower
• LIMIT — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer Senate Bill 26-018, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
• BILL — pass (pass) · lower
• Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment H) — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• C. Kolker — primary (person)
• K. Wallace — primary (person)
• L. García — primary (person)
• M. Froelich — primary (person)
• A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
• A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
• A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
• B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
• E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
• G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
• I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
• J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
• J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
• K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
• K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• L. Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
• L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
• M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
• M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
• M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
• N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
• S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
• S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
• T. Story — cosponsor (person)
• Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-04-20 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-04-08 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-04-07 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-07 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-02 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-01 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-03-30 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2026-03-25 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2026-02-24 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-23 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2026-02-18 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d8670f5-4238-44c1-b5c3-7bde28edcb26. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).