republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-269.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Security Disbursement Program"
description: "The bill creates the school security disbursement program (disbursement program) in the department of public safety (department). A school district, charter school, institute charter school, or board of cooperative services (local education provider) may apply for a disbursement by submitting an application to the department. A disbursement recipient may use the money for one or more of the purposes specified in the bill, which include building improvements to enhance security and training for school personnel. The department must review the applications received and disburse money to applicants that meet the application requirements. The department must give priority to applicants that commit to providing matching funds for the amount received. The disbursements are paid from money that is set aside in the school security disbursement program account that the bill creates within the school safety resources center fund. Each disbursement recipient must report to the department concerning its use of the money, and the department must annually provide a summary of the reports to committees of the general assembly. The disbursement program is repealed, effective July 1, 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-269"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-269 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominick Moreno", "Jeff Bridges", "Patrick Neville", "Tim Neville"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-04-20T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a221386-359f-4a52-92e0-2def24772c19"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-269"
source_hash: "ab339f8e28db8e5318d25039991aceb6f768509e67b573a3fc0c4c9a6392663c"
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 18-269 (2018A) — School Security Disbursement Program

The bill creates the school security disbursement program (disbursement program) in the department of public safety (department). A school district, charter school, institute charter school, or board of cooperative services (local education provider) may apply for a disbursement by submitting an application to the department. A disbursement recipient may use the money for one or more of the purposes specified in the bill, which include building improvements to enhance security and training for school personnel. The department must review the applications received and disburse money to applicants that meet the application requirements. The department must give priority to applicants that commit to providing matching funds for the amount received. The disbursements are paid from money that is set aside in the school security disbursement program account that the bill creates within the school safety resources center fund. Each disbursement recipient must report to the department concerning its use of the money, and the department must annually provide a summary of the reports to committees of the general assembly. The disbursement program is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.

## 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_sb269_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_269_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_269_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/20/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_269_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (05/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_269_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_269_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_269_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (06/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_269_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **13–22** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Patrick Neville — primary (person)
- Tim Neville — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a221386-359f-4a52-92e0-2def24772c19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).