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type: "Bill"
title: "Drone Interference With Public Safety Operations"
description: "The bill states that, as used in the existing criminal offense of obstructing a peace officer, firefighter, emergency medical service provider, rescue specialist, or volunteer, the term 'obstacle' includes an unmanned aircraft system. The bill also adds language stating that the offense does not apply to an unmanned aircraft system operator who complies with certain operational requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1314"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1314 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joann Ginal", "John Cooke", "Polly Lawrence"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c889b59f-cf4c-4194-9920-9492d513c5c0"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1314"
source_hash: "8038dac480a62cccf873c31f4086856cca5d9b581ec278a03795af2aa56399fb"
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 18-1314 (2018A) — Drone Interference With Public Safety Operations
The bill states that, as used in the existing criminal offense of obstructing a peace officer, firefighter, emergency medical service provider, rescue specialist, or volunteer, the term 'obstacle' includes an unmanned aircraft system. The bill also adds language stating that the offense does not apply to an unmanned aircraft system operator who complies with certain operational requirements.
## 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_hb1314_s_jud_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1314_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/14/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1314_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1314_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1314jud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1314_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1314_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1314_rv2.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1314_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- BILL — **620** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **350** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Polly Lawrence — 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
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/18/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-22T06:00:00+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/c889b59f-cf4c-4194-9920-9492d513c5c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).