republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-158.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Access To Interoperable Communication Technology"
description: "The bill creates the school access for emergency response grant program (grant program) in the division of homeland security and emergency management (division) in the department of public safety (department). The purpose of the grant program is to provide funding for interoperable communication hardware, software, equipment maintenance, and training to allow for seamless communications between existing school communications systems and first responder communications systems. Grant recipients may use the money received through the grant program to deliver training programs to teach effective communications with first responders in an emergency, to implement an interoperable technology solution to provide or upgrade a system for effective communication with first responders in an emergency, to maintain, improve, or provide interoperable communications hardware or software, and for any necessary radio system capacity expansions where school loading has been determined to have a significant impact on public safety system loading."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-158"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-158 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crisanta Duran", "Don Coram", "Leroy Garcia", "Marc Catlin"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4223d99-478e-4479-86f2-41ba9cd13076"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-158"
source_hash: "4f175b39fb7fa06c3ec1e2f47118a14de86e1b3d3c87307cdf7f45116c1dcad8"
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 18-158 (2018A) — School Access To Interoperable Communication Technology

The bill creates the school access for emergency response grant program (grant program) in the division of homeland security and emergency management (division) in the department of public safety (department). The purpose of the grant program is to provide funding for interoperable communication hardware, software, equipment maintenance, and training to allow for seamless communications between existing school communications systems and first responder communications systems. Grant recipients may use the money received through the grant program to deliver training programs to teach effective communications with first responders in an emergency, to implement an interoperable technology solution to provide or upgrade a system for effective communication with first responders in an emergency, to maintain, improve, or provide interoperable communications hardware or software, and for any necessary radio system capacity expansions where school loading has been determined to have a significant impact on public safety system loading.

## 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_sb158_h_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_158_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_158_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_158_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_158sedu_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_sedusapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/24/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_158app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_158_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_158_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/24/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_158_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_158_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **46–18** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crisanta Duran — primary (person)
- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Leroy Garcia — primary (person)
- Marc Catlin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+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
- **2018-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over to 04/26/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2018-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05T07:00:00+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/f4223d99-478e-4479-86f2-41ba9cd13076`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).