republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1198.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Best Practices For State Boards And Commissions"
description: "Legislative Audit Committee. Commencing January 1, 2019, the bill requires each statutorily created board or commission in state government, not including a special purpose authority, to implement written policies or bylaws and obtain annual training on specified issues in order to ensure that best practices are utilized and requires each state agency responsible for a statutorily created board or commission to ensure that the state board or commission obtains the annual training and implements the written policies.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1198"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1198 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Smallwood", "Kerry Donovan", "Lori Saine", "Tracy Kraft-Tharp"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1144bea2-d435-49b4-bde5-92c5f6cd7577"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1198"
source_hash: "daee6680141d60ade4f3d5d511447091fd77770151c0c8eeae6ca16164b5b3bc"
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 HB 18-1198 (2018A) — Best Practices For State Boards And Commissions

Legislative Audit Committee. Commencing January 1, 2019, the bill requires each statutorily created board or commission in state government, not including a special purpose authority, to implement written policies or bylaws and obtain annual training on specified issues in order to ensure that best practices are utilized and requires each state agency responsible for a statutorily created board or commission to ensure that the state board or commission obtains the annual training and implements the written policies.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

## 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_hb1198_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1198_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1198_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1198_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/21/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1198bus_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1198ssta_001_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1198_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1198_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1198_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1198_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **59–2** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **59–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
- Lori Saine — primary (person)
- Tracy Kraft-Tharp — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2018-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1144bea2-d435-49b4-bde5-92c5f6cd7577`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).