republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-121.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Employee Moving And Relocation Expenses"
description: "Statutory Revision Committee. Current law allows an employee in the state personnel system his or her moving and relocation expenses if an appointing authority requires the employee to change his or her place of residence due to a change in job duties. The bill specifies that moving expenses, including the reasonable expenses of moving household goods and personal effects and the reasonable costs of traveling to a new residence, are reimbursable in accordance with rules promulgated by the state controller and in compliance with the regulations of the federal internal revenue service. The bill also specifies that relocation expenses that are provided in the form of a per diem allowance for a certain number of days are reimbursable in accordance with rules promulgated by the state controller and in compliance with the regulations of the federal internal revenue service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-121"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-121 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack Tate", "Jeni James Arndt"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-29T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85964631-4250-439a-98ec-4955c01cc6c1"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-121"
source_hash: "bccd9dfbef2501998b9774bcc6a0cb094c8d16dd59fac21e9f99b6d6c54a0b92"
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 18-121 (2018A) — State Employee Moving And Relocation Expenses

Statutory Revision Committee. Current law allows an employee in the state personnel system his or her moving and relocation expenses if an appointing authority requires the employee to change his or her place of residence due to a change in job duties. The bill specifies that moving expenses, including the reasonable expenses of moving household goods and personal effects and the reasonable costs of traveling to a new residence, are reimbursable in accordance with rules promulgated by the state controller and in compliance with the regulations of the federal internal revenue service. The bill also specifies that relocation expenses that are provided in the form of a per diem allowance for a certain number of days are reimbursable in accordance with rules promulgated by the state controller and in compliance with the regulations of the federal internal revenue service.

## 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_sb121_h_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_121_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/20/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_121_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_121_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_121_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/14/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_121_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_121_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_121_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **61–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jack Tate — primary (person)
- Jeni James Arndt — 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 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2018-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2018-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85964631-4250-439a-98ec-4955c01cc6c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).