---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' Compensation For Mental Impairment"
description: "The bill adds the definitions 'psychologically traumatic event' and 'serious bodily injury' to the workers' compensation statutes for the purposes of clarifying a worker's right to compensation for any claim of mental impairment.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1229"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1229 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Cooke", "Jon Becker", "Jonathan Singer", "Nancy Todd"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f6e6e73-fb37-4a35-bdf0-124cf5dbfd68"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1229"
source_hash: "6707178fccde93a3d1da96c755e2aabc5e8da89335ac5e9b48b04d347965c1fe"
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 17-1229 (2017A) — Workers' Compensation For Mental Impairment

The bill adds the definitions 'psychologically traumatic event' and 'serious bodily injury' to the workers' compensation statutes for the purposes of clarifying a worker's right to compensation for any claim of mental impairment.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment L.003** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/s_blt_2017a_20170412t140550z3__hearing_summary/170412%20AttachC.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1229_S_BLT_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (03/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1229_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (05/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1229_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (03/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1229_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1229_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/19/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1229_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1229_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1229_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1229 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 6-1. The motion passed on a vote of 6-1. — **6–1** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1229 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-1. — **12–1** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.003. The motion failed on a vote of 3-4. The motion failed on a vote of 3-4. — **3–4** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Jon Becker — primary (person)
- Jonathan Singer — primary (person)
- Nancy Todd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-05T06:00:00+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
- **2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `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 Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+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/0f6e6e73-fb37-4a35-bdf0-124cf5dbfd68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).