republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1020.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Forfeiture Reforms"
description: "During the 2017 session, the general assembly enacted a bill involving civil forfeiture requiring seizing agencies to submit reports to the department of local affairs (department). The bill requires reporting agencies rather than seizing agencies to file the reports and defines 'reporting agency'. The bill also expands the scope of the reports to include seizures related to a local public nuisance law or ordinance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1020"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1020 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Daniel Kagan", "Leslie Herod", "Tim Neville"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10d98355-48ad-4315-a804-95caa67bc011"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1020"
source_hash: "955fe1a3201d8ae0dc61a1e6499423029cd30ec388688c6544201c6f9a3dd6b3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 18-1020 (2018A) — Civil Forfeiture Reforms

During the 2017 session, the general assembly enacted a bill involving civil forfeiture requiring seizing agencies to submit reports to the department of local affairs (department). The bill requires reporting agencies rather than seizing agencies to file the reports and defines 'reporting agency'. The bill also expands the scope of the reports to include seizures related to a local public nuisance law or ordinance.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_hb1020_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1020_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1020_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1020_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1020jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (02/14/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1020fin.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1020app.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1020_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1020_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1020_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1020_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **38–25** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Daniel Kagan — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)
- Tim Neville — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-29T06:00:00+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 President of the Senate
- **2018-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10d98355-48ad-4315-a804-95caa67bc011`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).