---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consolidate Forest Risk And Health Grant Programs"
description: "Current law authorizes 2 grant programs relating to forest management: One relating to wildfire risk reduction that is administered by the department of natural resources, which is financed by a one-time transfer of $1 million from the general fund, and one relating to landscape-scale forest health that is administered by the state forest service located within Colorado State University, which is financed by annual transfers of $1 million from the severance tax operational fund that ended on July 1, 2016."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-050"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-050 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeni Arndt", "John Cooke", "KC Becker"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3752f785-0047-4568-bef4-2d02ec37605d"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-050"
source_hash: "f3cb03bd4c1d1e44929489d1bd57a07a49b89a83f43e34784017d0341be37484"
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 17-050 (2017A) — Consolidate Forest Risk And Health Grant Programs

Current law authorizes 2 grant programs relating to forest management: One relating to wildfire risk reduction that is administered by the department of natural resources, which is financed by a one-time transfer of $1 million from the general fund, and one relating to landscape-scale forest health that is administered by the state forest service located within Colorado State University, which is financed by annual transfers of $1 million from the severance tax operational fund that ended on July 1, 2016.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment L.002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/s_agr_2017a_20170202t133013z3__hearing_summary/170202%20AttachG.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_SB050_H_AGR_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (02/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_050_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (03/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_050_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (01/11/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_050_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (02/03/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_050sagr_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/09/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_050_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/03/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_050_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/02/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_050_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (03/16/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_050_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- This is a conceptual amendment to amend page 2 of Amendment L.002, line 19, strike "line 5" and substitute "line 25". The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-050, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole, and with a recommendation that it be added to the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-050 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.002, as amended. The motion passed without objection. — **11–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jeni Arndt — primary (person)
- John Cooke — primary (person)
- KC Becker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3752f785-0047-4568-bef4-2d02ec37605d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).