---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health Support For Peace Officers"
description: "The bill encourages each sheriff's office and each municipal police department to adopt a policy whereby mental health professionals, to the extent practicable, provide:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1215"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1215 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Daniel Kagan", "James Coleman"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-04-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a5f6565-d174-46cb-be0d-3a33d04edb25"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1215"
source_hash: "5319fb95002a73b1535237c9a056aa6b187153458fab82712fc384f764086e86"
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 17-1215 (2017A) — Mental Health Support For Peace Officers

The bill encourages each sheriff's office and each municipal police department to adopt a policy whereby mental health professionals, to the extent practicable, provide:

## 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_jud_2017a_20170314t102158z0__hearing_summary/17HouseJud0314AttachB.pdf)
2. **Amendment L.002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/CLICS/CLICS2017A/commsumm.nsf/0/f253551fdd19140b872580f800786d21/%24FILE/170404%20AttachB.002.pdf/170404%20AttachB.pdf)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1215_S_LG_001.pdf)
4. **Engrossed (03/20/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1215_eng.pdf)
5. **Final Act (04/20/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1215_enr.pdf)
6. **Introduced (02/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1215_01.pdf)
7. **PA1 (03/15/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1215jud_01.pdf)
8. **PA2 (04/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1215sloc_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (03/21/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1215_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (04/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1215_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (04/07/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1215_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (04/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1215_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.002. The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1215, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1215, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment B). The motion passed on a vote of 9-2. — **9–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Daniel Kagan — primary (person)
- James Coleman — 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
- **2017-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **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 Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`
- **2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/20/2017 - No Amendments
- **2017-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+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/5a5f6565-d174-46cb-be0d-3a33d04edb25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).