republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1339.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Background Checks Employees Access Federal Tax Information"
description: "Joint Budget Committee. The bill requires fingerprint-based criminal history record checks (record checks) for every applicant, contractor, employee, or other individual who has or may have access to federal tax information received from the federal government by a state agency in accordance with federal internal revenue service publication 1075. The state agency is authorized to collect the fingerprints of the individuals or to use the fingerprinting services of another agency or entity authorized by law to collect them and is required to pay the costs of the record checks to the Colorado bureau of investigation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1339"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1339 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Kent Lambert"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd74e1d8-106a-4188-b61b-4d7251dccac6"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1339"
source_hash: "61b622e2544ee50c9ff2671ff958af4c478bf07d43f86107ca4dcfcb3899c5fc"
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 18-1339 (2018A) — Background Checks Employees Access Federal Tax Information

Joint Budget Committee. The bill requires fingerprint-based criminal history record checks (record checks) for every applicant, contractor, employee, or other individual who has or may have access to federal tax information received from the federal government by a state agency in accordance with federal internal revenue service publication 1075. The state agency is authorized to collect the fingerprints of the individuals or to use the fingerprinting services of another agency or entity authorized by law to collect them and is required to pay the costs of the record checks to the Colorado bureau of investigation.

## 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_hb1339_s_app_005.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/28/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1339_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/24/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1339_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1339_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1339app_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1339sapp_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1339_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1339_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1339_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1339_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **61–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **61–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **61–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 04/09/2018
- **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 - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `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 - Committee
- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended 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/bd74e1d8-106a-4188-b61b-4d7251dccac6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).