republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1060.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income Tax Deduction For Military Retirement Benefits"
description: "The starting point for determining state income tax liability is federal taxable income. This number is adjusted for additions and subtractions (deductions) that are used to determine Colorado taxable income, which amount is multiplied by the state's 4.63% income tax rate. The bill allows an individual who is under 55 years old and whose military retirement benefits are less than $40,000 to claim a deduction in the following amount:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1060"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1060 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angela Williams", "Jessie Danielson", "Larry Crowder", "Lois Landgraf"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddea225a-7451-4113-aadc-9b5f27563c69"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1060"
source_hash: "d09262e4b3b422cc3f0a35487d6811ae01e30a057362ca65493010d5be74558f"
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 18-1060 (2018A) — Income Tax Deduction For Military Retirement Benefits

The starting point for determining state income tax liability is federal taxable income. This number is adjusted for additions and subtractions (deductions) that are used to determine Colorado taxable income, which amount is multiplied by the state's 4.63% income tax rate. The bill allows an individual who is under 55 years old and whose military retirement benefits are less than $40,000 to claim a deduction in the following amount:

## 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_hb1060_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1060_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1060_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1060_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1060fin_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1060app.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1060sapp_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1060_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1060_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1060_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1060_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **54–7** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **58–3** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **28–7** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **57–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Angela Williams — primary (person)
- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
- Larry Crowder — primary (person)
- Lois Landgraf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **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`
- **2018-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
- **2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance + Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddea225a-7451-4113-aadc-9b5f27563c69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).