---
type: "Bill"
title: "Peace Officer Status Head Of Office Prevention & Security"
description: "The bill designates as a peace officer the manager of the office of prevention and security within the division of homeland security and emergency management in the department of public safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1209"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1209 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Cooke", "Jovan Melton", "Rhonda Fields", "Terri Carver"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45f1e902-8780-435a-b330-00bd45b58669"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1209"
source_hash: "7757b4b588cb09e2d19097443da1604157bce27119a6b9adbe57251d8ce938aa"
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 17-1209 (2017A) — Peace Officer Status Head Of Office Prevention & Security

The bill designates as a peace officer the manager of the office of prevention and security within the division of homeland security and emergency management in the department of public safety.

## 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_HB1209_S_JUD_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1209_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1209_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1209_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1209_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/17/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1209_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/13/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1209_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/25/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1209_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1209 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-1. — **10–1** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1209 to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 4-0. — **4–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Jovan Melton — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Terri Carver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45f1e902-8780-435a-b330-00bd45b58669`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).