---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcohol Beverage License Higher Education Campus"
description: "Sections 1 through 4 of the bill allow a higher education institution that has a license to serve alcohol beverages for on-premises consumption to apply for designation as a campus liquor complex, thereby allowing the institution to designate multiple facilities on the campus as locations for serving alcohol beverages. An institution of higher education seeking to designate a campus liquor complex is subject to the following requirements:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1120"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1120 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Coram", "Yeulin Willett"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-20T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-04-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4bbacbc-6cea-41e5-a33a-47b9e0456664"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1120"
source_hash: "09a69bc2b1db99c127a1bb7e3ea704d0c5e69f3ede8ae42435e7bbb4e137a693"
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 HB 17-1120 (2017A) — Alcohol Beverage License Higher Education Campus

Sections 1 through 4 of the bill allow a higher education institution that has a license to serve alcohol beverages for on-premises consumption to apply for designation as a campus liquor complex, thereby allowing the institution to designate multiple facilities on the campus as locations for serving alcohol beverages. An institution of higher education seeking to designate a campus liquor complex is subject to the following requirements:

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment L.001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_phc_2017a_20170207t133242z0__hearing_summary/170207%20AttachA.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017a_hb1120_s_app_002.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (02/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1120_en2.pdf)
4. **Final Act (04/20/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1120_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (01/20/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1120_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (02/08/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1120pubhe_01.pdf)
7. **PA2 (02/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1120app.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (03/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1120_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1120_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/07/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1120_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (04/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1120_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1120, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1120, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 12-1. — **12–1** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1120 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1120 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Yeulin Willett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-24T06:00:00+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 President of the Senate
- **2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-20T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4bbacbc-6cea-41e5-a33a-47b9e0456664`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).