republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-119.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "False Imprisonment Of A Minor"
description: "The bill states that a person commits class 5 felony false imprisonment if he or she confines or detains another person less than 18 years of age by means of tying, locking, caging, chaining, or otherwise restricting that person's freedom of movement by any instrumentality for an unreasonable amount of time under the circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-119"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-119 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adrienne Benavidez", "Bob Gardner", "Terri Carver"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-29T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02a244a2-a51a-4851-9152-dcf7cdb0830f"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-119"
source_hash: "a1205e5f6b9719ea5ddd79bb9d47997f12c06e8b7ee004701c0a973a2282ab92"
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 18-119 (2018A) — False Imprisonment Of A Minor

The bill states that a person commits class 5 felony false imprisonment if he or she confines or detains another person less than 18 years of age by means of tying, locking, caging, chaining, or otherwise restricting that person's freedom of movement by any instrumentality for an unreasonable amount of time under the circumstances.

## 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_sb119_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_119_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_119_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_119_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_119sapp_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/20/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_119jud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_119_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_119_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_119_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_119_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adrienne Benavidez — primary (person)
- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Terri Carver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2018-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/02a244a2-a51a-4851-9152-dcf7cdb0830f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).