republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-151.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado Department of Education Bullying Policies Research"
description: "The bill requires the department of education (department) to research approaches, policies, and practices in other states related to bullying prevention and education, and to develop a model bullying prevention and education policy after considering its research. The department is required to publish the results of that research and its model policy on the department's website by July 1, 2019, as guidance for school districts, charter schools, and the charter school institute in developing and implementing bullying prevention and education policies. The research and model policy must be updated and published every 3 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-151"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-151 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Wilson", "Janet Buckner", "Kevin Priola", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-29T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fddb8e13-1e89-4cfe-bc88-8a6ee6e0c53d"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-151"
source_hash: "b5c8d2bb4264d000fcc1b370a2e413fb7038d3a41e50f6bac1fc3192548d7328"
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 18-151 (2018A) — Colorado Department of Education Bullying Policies Research

The bill requires the department of education (department) to research approaches, policies, and practices in other states related to bullying prevention and education, and to develop a model bullying prevention and education policy after considering its research. The department is required to publish the results of that research and its model policy on the department's website by July 1, 2019, as guidance for school districts, charter schools, and the charter school institute in developing and implementing bullying prevention and education policies. The research and model policy must be updated and published every 3 years.

## 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_sb151_h_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/21/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_151_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_151_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_151_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_151sedu_001_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/20/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_151ed_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_151_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_151_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_151_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_151_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **37–26** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **28–7** (pass) · lower
- RECEDE — **52–11** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **40–24** (pass) · lower
- ADHERE — **34–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James Wilson — primary (person)
- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Adherence - Result was to Recede
- **2018-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Adhere
- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over to 04/02/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over to 03/29/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over to 03/28/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2018-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/26/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/23/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2018-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fddb8e13-1e89-4cfe-bc88-8a6ee6e0c53d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).