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type: "Bill"
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title: "Ban Vote Trading"
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description: "The bill makes it a misdemeanor criminal offense for a person to trade a vote or offer to trade a vote with another elector in this state or a person in another state in exchange for the other person's vote for or against a particular candidate, ballot issue, or ballot question."
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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 18-076"
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citation: "Colorado SB 18-076 (2018A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jovan Melton", "Kevin Lundberg"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2018-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67c2fb73-925e-4adb-832b-8361f08bc638"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-076"
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source_hash: "783fbb54a2a3c22174f4c96680c6a4823318a75bc260ac4fc5fc7c91785494a3"
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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 18-076 (2018A) — Ban Vote Trading
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The bill makes it a misdemeanor criminal offense for a person to trade a vote or offer to trade a vote with another elector in this state or a person in another state in exchange for the other person's vote for or against a particular candidate, ballot issue, or ballot question.
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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_sb076_h_sa_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (02/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_076_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_076_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_076_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (04/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_076sa_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (02/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_076_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (04/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_076_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (04/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_076_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_076_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **35–29** (pass) · upper
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- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- AMD — **20–31** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jovan Melton — primary (person)
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- Kevin Lundberg — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
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- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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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 Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/11/2018 - No Amendments
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- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/10/2018 - No Amendments
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- **2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
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- **2018-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
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- **2018-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2018-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2018-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2018-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `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/67c2fb73-925e-4adb-832b-8361f08bc638`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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