republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-163.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extend Repeal Early Childhood Legislative Commission"
description: "Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Commission. The bill extends the repeal date of the early childhood and school readiness legislative commission (commission)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-163"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-163 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Martinez Humenik", "Brittany Pettersen", "James Wilson", "Michael Merrifield"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dc2b776-d0da-4a4d-b0ac-4a4a10a322b8"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-163"
source_hash: "df9f84a1f38a064f079329aa53842875aebe5b589b3aa226a1a066123cf5cc38"
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 18-163 (2018A) — Extend Repeal Early Childhood Legislative Commission

Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Commission. The bill extends the repeal date of the early childhood and school readiness legislative commission (commission).

## 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_sb163_h_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_163_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_163_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_163_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_163sapp_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_163ed_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_163app.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_163_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_163_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_163_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_163_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **22–13** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **39–26** (pass) · upper
- NOT CONCUR APPT CC — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **24–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beth Martinez Humenik — primary (person)
- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- James Wilson — primary (person)
- Michael Merrifield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-30T06:00:00+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
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Reconsider - CCR not produced
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Legislative Council Refer Unamended to Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Legislative Council + Education `introduction`
- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+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 Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3dc2b776-d0da-4a4d-b0ac-4a4a10a322b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).