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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Similar Coverage Independent Commercial Vehicles"
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description: "Current law requires independent operators of commercial vehicles to have workers' compensation or a private insurance policy that provides similar coverage. The bill changes 'private insurance policy' to 'occupational accident coverage insurance policy' and specifies the requirements for when such a policy may be considered as providing similar coverage."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2018A"
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identifier: "SB 18-178"
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citation: "Colorado SB 18-178 (2018A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jim Smallwood", "Tracy Kraft-Tharp"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f487096-bf15-40c1-8ef1-f1697ada3113"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-178"
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source_hash: "bb6668a8d93aa895311abee4d5e41c46a93a1ae1e59bcc445b0dec3de1190811"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado SB 18-178 (2018A) — Similar Coverage Independent Commercial Vehicles
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Current law requires independent operators of commercial vehicles to have workers' compensation or a private insurance policy that provides similar coverage. The bill changes 'private insurance policy' to 'occupational accident coverage insurance policy' and specifies the requirements for when such a policy may be considered as providing similar coverage.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_sb178_h_bus_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_178_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_178_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (02/21/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_178_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (03/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_178sblt_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (03/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_178_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (04/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_178_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (04/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_178_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_178_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
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- Tracy Kraft-Tharp — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor `introduction`
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- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f487096-bf15-40c1-8ef1-f1697ada3113`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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