---
type: "Bill"
title: "Age Of Employees Serving Alcohol On Premises"
description: "Current law prohibits an employee of a tavern or lodging and entertainment facility who is under 21 years of age from selling malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-237"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-237 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alec Garnett", "Bob Gardner", "Dan Nordberg", "Vicki Marble"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83a8a4b7-eb70-4f39-a5fd-dda95c3d3028"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-237"
source_hash: "77c904163378a6da3505d927a4e6284cc71dbada06d42b92d3781b69e8fb5fd0"
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 17-237 (2017A) — Age Of Employees Serving Alcohol On Premises

Current law prohibits an employee of a tavern or lodging and entertainment facility who is under 21 years of age from selling malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors.

## 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_SB237_H_BUS_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/29/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_237_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/11/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_237_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/16/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_237_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/31/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_237_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_237_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_237_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (06/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_237_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 17-237 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-237 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

- Alec Garnett — primary (person)
- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Dan Nordberg — primary (person)
- Vicki Marble — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-05T06:00:00+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
- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2017-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor `introduction`
- **2017-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83a8a4b7-eb70-4f39-a5fd-dda95c3d3028`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).