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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Immunity For Emergency Rescue From Locked Vehicle"
+description: "The bill provides immunity from civil and criminal liability for a person who forcibly enters a locked vehicle for the purpose of rendering assistance to an at-risk person or animal. To receive immunity, the person must:"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2017A"
+identifier: "HB 17-1179"
+citation: "Colorado HB 17-1179 (2017A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Joann Ginal", "Lois Court", "Lori Saine", "Vicki Marble"]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8bf8e89-990e-45df-a02e-83bf263c7c1b"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1179"
+source_hash: "ebe1e86a10c168af0a8bae565dc44142565102e5eac5d1e64ecf2c62b892e998"
+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 17-1179 (2017A) — Immunity For Emergency Rescue From Locked Vehicle
+
+The bill provides immunity from civil and criminal liability for a person who forcibly enters a locked vehicle for the purpose of rendering assistance to an at-risk person or animal. To receive immunity, the person must:
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment L.001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_hie_2017a_20170223t133534z0__hearing_summary/170223%20AttachG.pdf)
+2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1179_S_BLT_001.pdf)
+3. **Engrossed (02/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017A_1179_eng.pdf)
+4. **Final Act (04/04/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017A_1179_enr.pdf)
+5. **Introduced (02/07/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017A_1179_01.pdf)
+6. **PA1 (02/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017A_1179hie_01.pdf)
+7. **Reengrossed (03/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017A_1179_ren.pdf)
+8. **Rerevised (03/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017A_1179_rr3.pdf)
+9. **Revised (03/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017A_1179_rev.pdf)
+10. **Signed Act (04/13/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017A_1179_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment G) to House Bill 17-1179. The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Refer House Bill 17-1179, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Refer House Bill 17-1179 to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
+- Lois Court — primary (person)
+- Lori Saine — primary (person)
+- Vicki Marble — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
+- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
+- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8bf8e89-990e-45df-a02e-83bf263c7c1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+