republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1283.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Classify Residential Land Change In Improvements"
description: "When residential improvements are destroyed, demolished, or relocated on or after January 1, 2018, that, were it not for their destruction, demolition, or relocation, would have qualified the land upon which the improvements were located as residential land for the following property tax year, the bill requires the residential land classification to remain in place for the year in which the improvements were destroyed, demolished, or relocated and one subsequent property tax year if the assessor determines that evidence is present that the owner intends to rebuild or locate a residential improvement on the land. For purposes of making this determination, the assessor may consider, but is not limited to considering, a building permit or other land development permit for the land, construction plans for such residential improvement, or efforts by the owner to obtain financing for a residential improvement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1283"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1283 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adrienne Benavidez", "Tim Neville"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4de630c-500b-4833-ac2a-fc70a4b564ab"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1283"
source_hash: "52e754ee5ee1b6f1ea87d85556657cfe2744fe32d3d9047c0cb9f5cad4dbeeee"
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 18-1283 (2018A) — Classify Residential Land Change In Improvements

When residential improvements are destroyed, demolished, or relocated on or after January 1, 2018, that, were it not for their destruction, demolition, or relocation, would have qualified the land upon which the improvements were located as residential land for the following property tax year, the bill requires the residential land classification to remain in place for the year in which the improvements were destroyed, demolished, or relocated and one subsequent property tax year if the assessor determines that evidence is present that the owner intends to rebuild or locate a residential improvement on the land. For purposes of making this determination, the assessor may consider, but is not limited to considering, a building permit or other land development permit for the land, construction plans for such residential improvement, or efforts by the owner to obtain financing for a residential improvement.

## 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_hb1283_s_fin_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1283_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1283_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1283_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1283fin_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1283_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1283_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/20/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1283_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1283_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adrienne Benavidez — primary (person)
- Tim Neville — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/10/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 04/09/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance + Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4de630c-500b-4833-ac2a-fc70a4b564ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).