---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Fund Transfers Protect Natural Resources"
description: "Joint Budget Committee. On July 1, 2017, the bill requires the state treasurer to transfer money from the general fund as follows:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-259"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-259 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Kevin Lundberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33ed8332-5940-41fc-8abc-498382c20227"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-259"
source_hash: "74f84a319f0456c46b89245246244516ca4f89130197ca9e008d9b67df6df4f3"
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 17-259 (2017A) — General Fund Transfers Protect Natural Resources

Joint Budget Committee. On July 1, 2017, the bill requires the state treasurer to transfer money from the general fund as follows:

## 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_sb259_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/29/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_259_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_259_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_259_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_259app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/30/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_259_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_259_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/07/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_259_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/03/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_259_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 17-259 to the Committee of the Whole and consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.001 The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-259, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
- Kevin Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 04/21/2017
- **2017-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2017-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily with Amendments - Committee
- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2017-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33ed8332-5940-41fc-8abc-498382c20227`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).