republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1200.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cybercrime Changes"
description: "The bill changes the name of the crime computer crime to cybercrime. The bill makes soliciting, arranging, or offering to arrange a situation in which a minor may engage in prostitution, by means of using a computer, computer network, computer system, or any part thereof, a cybercrime. The bill makes stealing the information from a credit card magnetic strip or placing different information on a credit card magnetic strip without permission and with the intent to defraud a cybercrime. The bill makes changes to the penalty structure for cybercrime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1200"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1200 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alec Garnett", "Don Coram", "Paul Lundeen", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94c7e04d-aa70-495d-84de-ae3ab8b98faa"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1200"
source_hash: "d0181d4704812fc43c7ec828f209b9af7c4339111df198b0899f4a78464f8110"
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 18-1200 (2018A) — Cybercrime Changes

The bill changes the name of the crime computer crime to cybercrime. The bill makes soliciting, arranging, or offering to arrange a situation in which a minor may engage in prostitution, by means of using a computer, computer network, computer system, or any part thereof, a cybercrime. The bill makes stealing the information from a credit card magnetic strip or placing different information on a credit card magnetic strip without permission and with the intent to defraud a cybercrime. The bill makes changes to the penalty structure for cybercrime.

## 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_hb1200_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1200_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/14/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1200_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1200_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/21/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1200jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1200app.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1200_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1200_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1200_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1200_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alec Garnett — primary (person)
- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Paul Lundeen — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05T07:00:00+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/94c7e04d-aa70-495d-84de-ae3ab8b98faa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).