republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1373.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Private Entities Use State Telecommunications Network"
description: "Capital Development Committee. The bill authorizes private entities to use the state telecommunications network through public-private partnerships considered, evaluated, and accepted by the chief information officer and relocates laws related to the state telecommunications network from the department of public safety's statutes to the statutes regarding telecommunications coordination within state government. The bill also specifies that any lease revenues from public-private partnerships must be credited 75% to the public safety communications trust fund for improvements to the state telecommunications network and 25% to the public school capital construction assistance fund for technology grants.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1373"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1373 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Hansen", "John Kefalas", "Jon Becker", "Randy Baumgardner"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cb6a862-0a81-41da-b007-ec98f7a047c4"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1373"
source_hash: "aa2bc27c366de55e846f4a71e73d499ca9a92965ea2391748c5eb73a39339997"
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 18-1373 (2018A) — Private Entities Use State Telecommunications Network

Capital Development Committee. The bill authorizes private entities to use the state telecommunications network through public-private partnerships considered, evaluated, and accepted by the chief information officer and relocates laws related to the state telecommunications network from the department of public safety's statutes to the statutes regarding telecommunications coordination within state government. The bill also specifies that any lease revenues from public-private partnerships must be credited 75% to the public safety communications trust fund for improvements to the state telecommunications network and 25% to the public school capital construction assistance fund for technology grants.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

## 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_hb1373_s_fin_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/24/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1373_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1373_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1373_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/25/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1373_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1373_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1373_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (06/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1373_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- John Kefalas — primary (person)
- Jon Becker — primary (person)
- Randy Baumgardner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **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 - No Amendments
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5cb6a862-0a81-41da-b007-ec98f7a047c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).