republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1234.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Internet Sweepstakes Café Revise Legal Terms	Section 1 of the bill amends the definitions of key terms such as "gambling", "prize", and "simulated gambling device" as used in the criminal statutes governing simulated gambling devices. "Prize" is subject to a de minimis exemption for a ticket or coupon redeemable for specified goods of nominal value, and "simulated gambling device" is defined to include devices that combine the elements of chance and skill, in accordance with the state constitution.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	HB 18-1234	Colorado HB 18-1234 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Bob Gardner KC Becker Paul Lundeen	10	16	5	2018-02-06T07:00:00+00:00	2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7b71ef1a-cb73-4e9a-97d1-dc773ddb9af2	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1234	93c5228734286b79da8b078991b4d32aad1086b8f0a6db1e79db4d4ad7c58e15	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 18-1234 (2018A) — Internet Sweepstakes Café Revise Legal Terms

Section 1 of the bill amends the definitions of key terms such as "gambling", "prize", and "simulated gambling device" as used in the criminal statutes governing simulated gambling devices. "Prize" is subject to a de minimis exemption for a ticket or coupon redeemable for specified goods of nominal value, and "simulated gambling device" is defined to include devices that combine the elements of chance and skill, in accordance with the state constitution.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/23/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/16/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/06/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/16/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (05/01/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (03/26/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (05/04/2018) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (05/03/2018) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (06/06/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 47–14 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 22–12 (pass) · lower
• COW * — 8–26 (fail) · lower
• REPASS — 43–22 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 65–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bob Gardner — primary (person)
• KC Becker — primary (person)
• Paul Lundeen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2018-05-16T06:00:00+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
• 2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 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 Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology 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 Business Affairs and Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-02-06T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7b71ef1a-cb73-4e9a-97d1-dc773ddb9af2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).