republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1218.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Definition Of Veterans' Organizations For Sales And Use Tax"
description: "For purposes of state sales and use tax, a 'charitable organization' includes veterans' organizations as defined in federal law, but such organizations are limited to those that sponsor special events, meetings, or other functions in the state that are not part of the organization's regular activities in the state. In other words, a veterans' organization may not claim the charitable organization sales and use tax exemption for its regular activities in the state. This limitation is not found in the federal tax law granting veterans' organizations federal tax exempt status. The bill makes state law consistent with federal law and will treat veterans' organizations registered under section 501 (c)(19) of the federal internal revenue code the same way as veterans' organizations registered under section 501 (c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1218"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1218 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jovan Melton", "Larry Crowder", "Nancy Todd", "Terri Carver"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 14
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/c0bad9e0-835e-40a1-b548-09a299176c54"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1218"
source_hash: "ba792db8742049d9885313b099599097d8d41ca31e6190271bf2ff3d6bd7b9e7"
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 18-1218 (2018A) — Definition Of Veterans' Organizations For Sales And Use Tax

For purposes of state sales and use tax, a 'charitable organization' includes veterans' organizations as defined in federal law, but such organizations are limited to those that sponsor special events, meetings, or other functions in the state that are not part of the organization's regular activities in the state. In other words, a veterans' organization may not claim the charitable organization sales and use tax exemption for its regular activities in the state. This limitation is not found in the federal tax law granting veterans' organizations federal tax exempt status. The bill makes state law consistent with federal law and will treat veterans' organizations registered under section 501 (c)(19) of the federal internal revenue code the same way as veterans' organizations registered under section 501 (c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code.

## 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_hb1218_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1218_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1218_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1218_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1218_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1218_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1218_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (06/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1218_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jovan Melton — primary (person)
- Larry Crowder — primary (person)
- Nancy Todd — primary (person)
- Terri Carver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-17T06:00:00+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 Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+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 Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance + Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0bad9e0-835e-40a1-b548-09a299176c54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).