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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Penalties When Passing Stationary Vehicles"
+description: "Under current, law a driver who fails to exhibit due care and caution when approaching or passing a stationary emergency vehicle or towing carrier vehicle commits careless driving, which is a class A traffic offense. The bill adds stationary public utility service vehicles to the statute."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2017A"
+identifier: "SB 17-229"
+citation: "Colorado SB 17-229 (2017A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chris Holbert", "Diane Mitsch Bush", "Polly Lawrence"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-06-01T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c08b64b8-0805-4d88-9420-78dc02b576e0"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-229"
+source_hash: "38e13e7d8bdf5f30ba3828902ffa332e42af58d7f671771808bc8388d03be90d"
+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 17-229 (2017A) — Penalties When Passing Stationary Vehicles
+
+Under current, law a driver who fails to exhibit due care and caution when approaching or passing a stationary emergency vehicle or towing carrier vehicle commits careless driving, which is a class A traffic offense. The bill adds stationary public utility service vehicles to the statute.
+
+## 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/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_SB229_H_TRA_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (04/13/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_229_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (05/11/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_229_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (03/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_229_01.pdf)
+5. **Reengrossed (04/17/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_229_rn2.pdf)
+6. **Rerevised (05/02/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_229_rer.pdf)
+7. **Revised (05/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_229_rev.pdf)
+8. **Signed Act (06/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_229_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Refer Senate Bill 17-229 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Refer Senate Bill 17-229 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
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chris Holbert — primary (person)
+- Diane Mitsch Bush — primary (person)
+- Polly Lawrence — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2017-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2017-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
+- **2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
+- **2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c08b64b8-0805-4d88-9420-78dc02b576e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+