republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1065.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DHS Department of Human Services Employee Discipline Harm To Vulnerable Persons"
description: "The Colorado department of human services (department) operates numerous facilities in the state that provide direct care to vulnerable people, including veterans and their families, youth in rehabilitation programs, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and people with mental health diagnoses. Current law specifies when an employee of the department (employee) will be suspended or dismissed after being charged with specified criminal offenses. However, the department has encountered difficulty in suspending, dismissing, or otherwise disciplining employees through the administrative process when the employee was involved in an egregious incident of mistreatment of a vulnerable person but was not convicted of a criminal offense. The bill specifies that:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1065"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1065 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janet Buckner", "Kent Lambert", "Susan Beckman"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/003f1921-81b0-4d8e-9b92-7b5ffb8012c5"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1065"
source_hash: "8e9d332fe51763e9ec8162de386728f170db1a84b08a8c9a0b10f7ece944aa67"
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 18-1065 (2018A) — DHS Department of Human Services Employee Discipline Harm To Vulnerable Persons

The Colorado department of human services (department) operates numerous facilities in the state that provide direct care to vulnerable people, including veterans and their families, youth in rehabilitation programs, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and people with mental health diagnoses. Current law specifies when an employee of the department (employee) will be suspended or dismissed after being charged with specified criminal offenses. However, the department has encountered difficulty in suspending, dismissing, or otherwise disciplining employees through the administrative process when the employee was involved in an egregious incident of mistreatment of a vulnerable person but was not convicted of a criminal offense. The bill specifies that:

## 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_hb1065_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1065_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1065_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1065_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1065jud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1065_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1065_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1065_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1065_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
- Kent Lambert — primary (person)
- Susan Beckman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/23/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/22/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/21/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **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/003f1921-81b0-4d8e-9b92-7b5ffb8012c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).