---
type: "Bill"
title: "Severance Tax Cash Fund Transfers To General Fund"
description: "Joint Budget Committee. On June 30, 2018, the state treasurer is required to transfer the following amounts to the general fund:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-260"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-260 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kent Lambert", "Millie Hamner"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39405438-eddc-4e19-aa9a-88208247ff2b"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-260"
source_hash: "882a24324dfb94a6c9002d44593742c929d6ac8a1ef5a61778c1886f1c056352"
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 17-260 (2017A) — Severance Tax Cash Fund Transfers To General Fund

Joint Budget Committee. On June 30, 2018, the state treasurer is required to transfer the following amounts to the general fund:

## 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_sb260_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/29/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_260_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/20/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_260_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_260_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/30/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_260_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_260_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_260_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_260_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 17-260 to the Committee of the Whole and consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-260 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-3. — **10–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kent Lambert — primary (person)
- Millie Hamner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended 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/39405438-eddc-4e19-aa9a-88208247ff2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).