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type: "Bill"
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title: "False Reporting Of An Emergency"
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description: "Under current law, there is a crime of false reporting to authorities. The bill creates a crime of false reporting of an emergency by criminalizing an act of false reporting to authorities that includes a false report of an imminent threat to the safety of a person or persons by use of a deadly weapon. False reporting of an emergency is a class 1 misdemeanor, but it can be a felony depending on the harm caused by the false report. For purposes of the crime of false reporting to authorities and false reporting of an emergency, the defendant may be tried in the county where the defendant made the report, the county where the false report was communicated to law enforcement, or the county where law enforcement responded to the false report."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2018A"
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identifier: "SB 18-068"
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citation: "Colorado SB 18-068 (2018A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Bridges", "John Cooke", "Kevin Van Winkle"]
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version_count: 12
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2018-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3ba1b17-a467-46c4-8120-30fbb4a2b341"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-068"
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source_hash: "27346781d4ec332a03e61043bece920e4aa3bfc820be6d68a5a52439875e99a8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado SB 18-068 (2018A) — False Reporting Of An Emergency
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Under current law, there is a crime of false reporting to authorities. The bill creates a crime of false reporting of an emergency by criminalizing an act of false reporting to authorities that includes a false report of an imminent threat to the safety of a person or persons by use of a deadly weapon. False reporting of an emergency is a class 1 misdemeanor, but it can be a felony depending on the harm caused by the false report. For purposes of the crime of false reporting to authorities and false reporting of an emergency, the defendant may be tried in the county where the defendant made the report, the county where the false report was communicated to law enforcement, or the county where law enforcement responded to the false report.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_sb068_h_jud_001.pdf)
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2. **Conference Committee (05/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_sb18-068cc.pdf)
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3. **Engrossed (03/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_068_eng.pdf)
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4. **Final Act (05/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_068_enr.pdf)
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5. **Introduced (01/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_068_01.pdf)
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6. **PA1 (02/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_068sapp_01.pdf)
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7. **PA2 (04/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_068jud_01.pdf)
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8. **PA3 (04/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_068app.pdf)
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9. **Reengrossed (03/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_068_ren.pdf)
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10. **Rerevised (04/24/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_068_rer.pdf)
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11. **Revised (04/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_068_rev.pdf)
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12. **Signed Act (06/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_068_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- ADOPT — **65–0** (pass) · upper
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- ADOPT CCR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- REPASS — **64–1** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **64–1** (pass) · upper
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- NOT CONCUR APPT CC — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
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- John Cooke — primary (person)
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- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
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- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
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- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
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- **2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
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- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 04/27/2018 - No Amendments
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- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
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- **2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/23/2018 - No Amendments
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- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/18/2018 - No Amendments
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- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Lay Over Amended
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- **2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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- **2018-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2018-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2018-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2018-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3ba1b17-a467-46c4-8120-30fbb4a2b341`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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