---
type: "Bill"
title: "Penalties For Unlicensed Motor Vehicle Sales"
description: "The bill increases the penalties on unlicensed motor vehicle sales."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1249"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1249 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack Tate", "Jovan Melton"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-03-09T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b51c9022-c66e-47bf-a9ec-7a03583c22ea"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1249"
source_hash: "1a86d88dfe13172c17bec54a6c773193baf6dff8db1e670a1089c13d7c2ca362"
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 17-1249 (2017A) — Penalties For Unlicensed Motor Vehicle Sales

The bill increases the penalties on unlicensed motor vehicle sales.

## 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_HB1249_S_APP_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/04/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1249_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1249_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/09/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1249_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/04/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1249app_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1249sblt_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1249_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1249_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1249_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1249_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1249 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1249 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment J.001 The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1249, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 8-5. — **8–5** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1249, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 4-1. — **4–1** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.001. The motion passed on a vote of 4-1. — **4–1** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.002. The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jack Tate — primary (person)
- Jovan Melton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2017-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b51c9022-c66e-47bf-a9ec-7a03583c22ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).