republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1338.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reduced Revenue Severance Tax Operational Fund Transfers"
description: "Joint Budget Committee. Under current law, money is transferred from the severance tax operational fund (operational fund) to certain cash funds to benefit programs that are commonly referred to as the tier 2 programs. On June 30, 2018, the bill requires the state treasurer to transfer money to the operational fund from the following cash funds to recoup money that was previously transferred in this fiscal year for tier 2 programs:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1338"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1338 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Kent Lambert"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53ea3693-ec59-4f26-825a-61114189464a"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1338"
source_hash: "71115078052b5504c4b9a84a888873d16fb0f9b997e590ebb7f7895c26c43973"
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 18-1338 (2018A) — Reduced Revenue Severance Tax Operational Fund Transfers

Joint Budget Committee. Under current law, money is transferred from the severance tax operational fund (operational fund) to certain cash funds to benefit programs that are commonly referred to as the tier 2 programs. On June 30, 2018, the bill requires the state treasurer to transfer money to the operational fund from the following cash funds to recoup money that was previously transferred in this fiscal year for tier 2 programs:

## 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_hb1338_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/28/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1338_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1338_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1338_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1338sapp_002_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1338_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1338_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1338_rv2.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1338_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- RECEDE — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–1** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **44–19** (pass) · lower
- ADHERE — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **36–27** (pass) · lower
- NOTCNCR — **36–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
- Kent Lambert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Recede - CCR not produced
- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adhere - CCR not produced
- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 04/09/2018
- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53ea3693-ec59-4f26-825a-61114189464a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).