---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Historical Society Governance"
description: "Legislative Audit Committee. Under current law, of the 9 members of the board of directors of the state historical society (board), the board is to recommend 4 members for appointment by the governor. The bill repeals certain obsolete provisions, including the provision requiring recommendation by the board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1217"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1217 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "Jim Smallwood", "Kerry Donovan", "Lori Saine"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f85059cb-b85d-461b-81c1-42a3050a7863"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1217"
source_hash: "8eca3682ac45cc7c1277627b9da5ed17ff74629665d53ca1ab461068edd284f5"
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 17-1217 (2017A) — State Historical Society Governance

Legislative Audit Committee. Under current law, of the 9 members of the board of directors of the state historical society (board), the board is to recommend 4 members for appointment by the governor. The bill repeals certain obsolete provisions, including the provision requiring recommendation by the board.

## 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_hb1217_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/31/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1217_en2.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1217_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1217_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/03/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1217_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/20/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1217_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/19/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1217_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/03/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1217_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1217 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 9-0. — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1217 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 6-0, with one member excused. — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
- Lori Saine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2017-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f85059cb-b85d-461b-81c1-42a3050a7863`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).