republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1078.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court Programs For Veterans"
description: "At the first appearance of a defendant in court or upon arraignment, and before accepting a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, the court shall ascertain whether the defendant is currently serving in the United States armed forces or is a veteran of such forces. The court shall inform any such defendant that he or she may be entitled to receive mental health treatment, substance use disorder treatment, or other services as a veteran."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1078"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1078 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Lois Landgraf", "Tony Exum"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bd9bfb2-fc80-470b-a117-e533c28cdf13"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1078"
source_hash: "269f76b0bacbb397245349892521478c3aae1055afca5455eb4a3e952c1560f8"
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 18-1078 (2018A) — Court Programs For Veterans

At the first appearance of a defendant in court or upon arraignment, and before accepting a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, the court shall ascertain whether the defendant is currently serving in the United States armed forces or is a veteran of such forces. The court shall inform any such defendant that he or she may be entitled to receive mental health treatment, substance use disorder treatment, or other services as a veteran.

## 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_hb1078_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/28/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1078_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1078_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1078_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/21/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1078jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/20/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1078sjud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1078_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1078_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1078_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1078_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **63–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **59–4** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–2** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **60–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Lois Landgraf — primary (person)
- Tony Exum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments
- **2018-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2018-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over to 03/05/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/28/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/27/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/26/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-01-17T07:00:00+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/7bd9bfb2-fc80-470b-a117-e533c28cdf13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).