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type: "Bill"
title: "Income Tax Credit For Employer 529 Contributions"
description: "The bill creates a temporary income tax credit for income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2019, but prior to January 1, 2022, for employers that make contributions to 529 qualified state tuition program accounts owned by their employees in an amount equal to 20% of the contribution, not to exceed $500."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1217"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1217 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alec Garnett", "Bob Gardner", "Kevin Van Winkle"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18a32597-36d6-430a-afc0-4f442bd8a276"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1217"
source_hash: "64deb48deed5d321a6cfb80766d0af2ef67090c1395cf2ab7840df5011723364"
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 18-1217 (2018A) — Income Tax Credit For Employer 529 Contributions
The bill creates a temporary income tax credit for income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2019, but prior to January 1, 2022, for employers that make contributions to 529 qualified state tuition program accounts owned by their employees in an amount equal to 20% of the contribution, not to exceed $500.
## 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_hb1217_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1217_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1217_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1217_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1217fin_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/20/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1217_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1217_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1217_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1217_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- BILL — **55–6** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **27–7** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Alec Garnett — primary (person)
- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 05/07/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2018-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education + Finance `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18a32597-36d6-430a-afc0-4f442bd8a276`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).