republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1217.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Income Tax Credit For Employer 529 Contributions	The bill creates a temporary income tax credit for income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2019, but prior to January 1, 2022, for employers that make contributions to 529 qualified state tuition program accounts owned by their employees in an amount equal to 20% of the contribution, not to exceed $500.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	HB 18-1217	Colorado HB 18-1217 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Alec Garnett Bob Gardner Kevin Van Winkle	9	16	2	2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00	2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/18a32597-36d6-430a-afc0-4f442bd8a276	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1217	64deb48deed5d321a6cfb80766d0af2ef67090c1395cf2ab7840df5011723364	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 18-1217 (2018A) — Income Tax Credit For Employer 529 Contributions

The bill creates a temporary income tax credit for income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2019, but prior to January 1, 2022, for employers that make contributions to 529 qualified state tuition program accounts owned by their employees in an amount equal to 20% of the contribution, not to exceed $500.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/19/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/16/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/05/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/15/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (04/20/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/04/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (05/03/2018) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (05/29/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 55–6 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 27–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alec Garnett — primary (person)
• Bob Gardner — primary (person)
• Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-29T06:00:00+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 President of the Senate
• 2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 05/07/2018 - No Amendments
• 2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance introduction
• 2018-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-03-14T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Finance referral-committee
• 2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education + Finance introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18a32597-36d6-430a-afc0-4f442bd8a276. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).