republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-073.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Report Transfer Ownership Motor Vehicle"
description: "The bill creates a voluntary program administered by the department of revenue that authorizes the owner of a motor vehicle to report a transfer of ownership of the motor vehicle. If the previous owner reports the transfer to the department, the previous owner is not subject to liability for the misuse of the vehicle. The department will notify owners of the option to report a transfer of ownership by placing a notice on registration renewal information and the title and by notifying the public. The bill also clarifies that the protection against liability does not apply to the owner for liability arising from the act of selling the vehicle.(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: "SB 18-073"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-073 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Smallwood", "Kim Ransom", "Leslie Herod"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39042cd7-d603-4bcf-a273-631de4ab61da"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-073"
source_hash: "effba85dae1b8f6fcd39a22aa56de431c26df27933a73c74f549a66622e83095"
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 SB 18-073 (2018A) — Report Transfer Ownership Motor Vehicle

The bill creates a voluntary program administered by the department of revenue that authorizes the owner of a motor vehicle to report a transfer of ownership of the motor vehicle. If the previous owner reports the transfer to the department, the previous owner is not subject to liability for the misuse of the vehicle. The department will notify owners of the option to report a transfer of ownership by placing a notice on registration renewal information and the title and by notifying the public. The bill also clarifies that the protection against liability does not apply to the owner for liability arising from the act of selling the vehicle.(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_sb073_h_tra_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_073_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/20/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_073_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_073_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_073sfin_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_073_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/14/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_073_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_073_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_073_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **31–3** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
- Kim Ransom — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2018-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39042cd7-d603-4bcf-a273-631de4ab61da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).