republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-249.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Redirection Criminal Justice Behavioral Health"
description: "The bill creates up to 4 pilot programs in judicial districts in the state that divert individuals with low-level criminal behavior and a mental health condition to community resources and treatment rather than continued criminal justice involvement (program). The programs must be developed in accordance with the principles and proposed model recommended by the Colorado commission on criminal and juvenile justice, adopted on January 12, 2018.The state court administrator (SCAO) and the Colorado district attorneys' council shall collaborate to identify potential program sites, with the agreement of the elected district attorneys and chief judges in a judicial district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-249"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-249 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Dave Young", "Kent Lambert", "Pete Lee"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/720fc2e4-a0ed-4197-bb89-96e605e4cec6"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-249"
source_hash: "b5698e9879238c1f6f08359c7986fa0b86ba2e42625b1e487c984aba657d3147"
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 18-249 (2018A) — Redirection Criminal Justice Behavioral Health

The bill creates up to 4 pilot programs in judicial districts in the state that divert individuals with low-level criminal behavior and a mental health condition to community resources and treatment rather than continued criminal justice involvement (program). The programs must be developed in accordance with the principles and proposed model recommended by the Colorado commission on criminal and juvenile justice, adopted on January 12, 2018.The state court administrator (SCAO) and the Colorado district attorneys' council shall collaborate to identify potential program sites, with the agreement of the elected district attorneys and chief judges in a judicial district.

## 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_sb249_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_249_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_249_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_249_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_249sjudsapp_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_249jud_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_249app.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (05/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_249_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_249_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_249_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_249_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **44–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Dave Young — primary (person)
- Kent Lambert — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-15T06:00:00+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`
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/720fc2e4-a0ed-4197-bb89-96e605e4cec6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).