republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1353.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defense Counsel In Municipal Court Grant Program"
description: "The bill creates the defense counsel on first appearance grant program (program) in the division of local government (division) within the department of local affairs. The division shall award grants from the program to reimburse local governments, in part or in full, for costs associated with the provision of defense counsel to defendants at their first appearances in municipal courts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1353"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1353 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Susan Lontine", "Terri Carver", "Vicki Marble"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-04-03T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df2a910f-fa00-42c7-b3d1-d806440cc3eb"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1353"
source_hash: "2828fb8d604a29ffe7cbf705210ecf321f67b5b177e67e64067ab459b111990d"
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 18-1353 (2018A) — Defense Counsel In Municipal Court Grant Program

The bill creates the defense counsel on first appearance grant program (program) in the division of local government (division) within the department of local affairs. The division shall award grants from the program to reimburse local governments, in part or in full, for costs associated with the provision of defense counsel to defendants at their first appearances in municipal courts.

## 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_hb1353_s_app_007.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1353_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1353_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1353_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1353app_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1353sapp_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1353_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1353_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1353_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1353_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **46–18** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **31–3** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **50–15** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **64–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Susan Lontine — primary (person)
- Terri Carver — primary (person)
- Vicki Marble — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-22T06:00:00+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** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **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 with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs + Appropriations `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 with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03T06:00:00+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/df2a910f-fa00-42c7-b3d1-d806440cc3eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).