republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-145.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Implement Employment First Recommendations"
description: "The bill requires the department of labor and employment and the state medical services board in the department of health care policy and financing to promulgate rules that require all providers of supported employment services for persons with disabilities to obtain a nationally recognized supported employment training certificate or earn a nationally recognized supported employment certification relating to supported employment services. The rules must specify time frames for completion of the training or certification. The time frames must provide for training to be completed over a 5-year period, subject to appropriations for reimbursement of vendors. The state medical services board shall adopt rules for administering the reimbursements to vendors, which must be $300 for each certification exam and $1,200 for each training program certificate, which includes reimbursement for both the cost of training and wages paid to employees during training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-145"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-145 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joann Ginal", "John Kefalas"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-29T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e096e01-0b1a-4042-af7e-f3b4edc2ad4c"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-145"
source_hash: "f07956bc570398ee74e491165c9f64b86462b5568f3e2e256c0221f8e07df568"
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 18-145 (2018A) — Implement Employment First Recommendations

The bill requires the department of labor and employment and the state medical services board in the department of health care policy and financing to promulgate rules that require all providers of supported employment services for persons with disabilities to obtain a nationally recognized supported employment training certificate or earn a nationally recognized supported employment certification relating to supported employment services. The rules must specify time frames for completion of the training or certification. The time frames must provide for training to be completed over a 5-year period, subject to appropriations for reimbursement of vendors. The state medical services board shall adopt rules for administering the reimbursements to vendors, which must be $300 for each certification exam and $1,200 for each training program certificate, which includes reimbursement for both the cost of training and wages paid to employees during training.

## 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_sb145_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_145_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_145_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_145_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_145sblt_001_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_145sbltapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_145app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_145_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_145_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_145_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_145_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **29–6** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **34–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **38–27** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **30–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- John Kefalas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e096e01-0b1a-4042-af7e-f3b4edc2ad4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).