republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1109.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Discretionary Parole Of Special Needs Offenders"
description: "Current law provides 2 definitions by which an offender in the custody of the department of corrections (department) may be considered a 'special needs offender'. The first definition describes a person 'who is 60 years of age or older and has been diagnosed by a licensed health care provider who is employed by or under contract with the department as suffering from a chronic infirmity, illness, condition, disease, or behavioral or mental health disorder and the department or the state board of parole (parole board) determines that the person is incapacitated to the extent that he or she is not likely to pose a risk to public safety'. The bill amends this definition by changing '60 years' to '55 years'."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1109"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1109 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Cooke", "Mike Weissman"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-18T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dee4143f-7837-4316-a139-66e17b09c032"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1109"
source_hash: "d5d6004360b77d69152b8a32dfea0ae628078aff8a20bcdcb2db446221431ba4"
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 18-1109 (2018A) — Discretionary Parole Of Special Needs Offenders

Current law provides 2 definitions by which an offender in the custody of the department of corrections (department) may be considered a 'special needs offender'. The first definition describes a person 'who is 60 years of age or older and has been diagnosed by a licensed health care provider who is employed by or under contract with the department as suffering from a chronic infirmity, illness, condition, disease, or behavioral or mental health disorder and the department or the state board of parole (parole board) determines that the person is incapacitated to the extent that he or she is not likely to pose a risk to public safety'. The bill amends this definition by changing '60 years' to '55 years'.

## 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_hb1109_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1109_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1109_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1109_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1109jud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1109_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1109_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1109_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1109_signed.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Mike Weissman — 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, Floor `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`
- **2018-01-18T07:00:00+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/dee4143f-7837-4316-a139-66e17b09c032`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).