---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restrict Restraints On Public School Students"
description: "With certain exceptions, the bill prohibits the use of a chemical, mechanical, or prone restraint upon a public school student. Each school district shall require any school employee or volunteer who uses any type of restraint on a student to submit a written report of the incident to the administration of the school not later than one school day after the incident occurred."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1276"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1276 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Rhonda Fields", "Susan Lontine"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 15
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-03-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b716bade-e733-4425-b61f-2e80b4769008"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1276"
source_hash: "3cc2726afbf2b93312d2da70bd4f0d3eb58eb96e9526b9d2c022b6d140fd38ad"
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 17-1276 (2017A) — Restrict Restraints On Public School Students

With certain exceptions, the bill prohibits the use of a chemical, mechanical, or prone restraint upon a public school student. Each school district shall require any school employee or volunteer who uses any type of restraint on a student to submit a written report of the incident to the administration of the school not later than one school day after the incident occurred.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment L.002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_ed_2017a_20170417t133426z2__hearing_summary/17HouseEd0417AttachD.pdf)
2. **Amendment L.003** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/s_sa_2017a_20170503t133855z7__hearing_summary/17SenateState0503AttachJ.pdf)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017a_hb1276_s_app_002.pdf)
4. **Engrossed (04/25/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1276_eng.pdf)
5. **Final Act (05/19/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1276_enr.pdf)
6. **Introduced (03/17/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1276_01.pdf)
7. **PA1 (04/19/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1276ed_01.pdf)
8. **PA2 (04/25/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1276app.pdf)
9. **PA3 (05/04/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1276ssa_01.pdf)
10. **Reengrossed (04/26/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1276_ren.pdf)
11. **Rerevised (05/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1276_rer.pdf)
12. **Revised (05/09/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1276_rev.pdf)
13. **Signed Act (05/30/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1276_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1276, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 8-4. — **8–4** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1276, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1276, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 8-4. — **8–4** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment J.001 The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment D). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment J). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1276 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-2. — **5–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Susan Lontine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2017-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2017-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b716bade-e733-4425-b61f-2e80b4769008`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).