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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Torrens Title Registration System"
+description: "Beginning January 1, 2018, the bill closes the Torrens title registration system to new applications to register land title in this state."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2017A"
+identifier: "SB 17-140"
+citation: "Colorado SB 17-140 (2017A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jeni James Arndt", "Jerry Sonnenberg", "Jon Becker J."]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2705d46a-ef60-4d91-863d-425717338086"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-140"
+source_hash: "550e85c0df6287ffcf11afb413368d24fe692699fbe3871c824f72911bd80e12"
+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 SB 17-140 (2017A) — Torrens Title Registration System
+
+Beginning January 1, 2018, the bill closes the Torrens title registration system to new applications to register land title in this state.
+
+## 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_lg_2017a_20170504t111044z1__hearing_summary/17HouseLocal0504AttachA.pdf)
+2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_SB140_H_LG_001.pdf)
+3. **Engrossed (02/17/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_140_eng.pdf)
+4. **Final Act (05/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_140_enr.pdf)
+5. **Introduced (01/31/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_140_01.pdf)
+6. **PA1 (05/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_140lg_01.pdf)
+7. **Reengrossed (02/21/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_140_ren.pdf)
+8. **Rerevised (05/08/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_140_rer.pdf)
+9. **Revised (05/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_140_rev.pdf)
+10. **Signed Act (05/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_140_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Refer Senate Bill 17-140 to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 4-0. — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Refer Senate Bill 17-140, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeni James Arndt — primary (person)
+- Jerry Sonnenberg — primary (person)
+- Jon Becker J. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2017-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
+- **2017-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
+- **2017-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`
+- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2705d46a-ef60-4d91-863d-425717338086`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+