republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1418.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Use Of Criminal Convictions In Employment"
description: "Current law directs a state or local agency, when deciding whether to issue a license or permit, to consider an individual's criminal record in determining whether the individual is of good moral character. The bill changes the determination to consider whether the individual is qualified. The bill adds to the factors that an agency considers whether the applicant will be directly responsible for the care of individuals susceptible to abuse or mistreatment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1418"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1418 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Kagan", "Don Coram", "Mike Weissman"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29ab3c06-d73d-4d9e-8722-fbaf199bb5c0"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1418"
source_hash: "c00f67de5f84cf470b077f7a90b34e8291eb8ea63628cefc1675ed06dd0b741e"
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 18-1418 (2018A) — Use Of Criminal Convictions In Employment

Current law directs a state or local agency, when deciding whether to issue a license or permit, to consider an individual's criminal record in determining whether the individual is of good moral character. The bill changes the determination to consider whether the individual is qualified. The bill adds to the factors that an agency considers whether the applicant will be directly responsible for the care of individuals susceptible to abuse or mistreatment.

## 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_hb1418_s_fin_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1418_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1418_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1418_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1418jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1418sfin_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1418_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1418_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1418_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1418_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **63–2** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel Kagan — primary (person)
- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Mike Weissman — 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
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+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/29ab3c06-d73d-4d9e-8722-fbaf199bb5c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).