---
type: "Bill"
title: "Penalties For Felony DUI Offenders"
description: "Under current law, a person who commits a fourth or subsequent DUI offense commits a class 4 felony. If a court sentences the person to probation, the bill requires the court to order as a condition of probation one of the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1288"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1288 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Cooke", "Lois Court", "Lori Saine", "Mike Foote"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faa20112-6933-4396-a039-7a95a441433c"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1288"
source_hash: "f83ff1bb88c8b74cd2ab06dc25bca9d0492f1746f7d1bca32309332dd1184e05"
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 17-1288 (2017A) — Penalties For Felony DUI Offenders

Under current law, a person who commits a fourth or subsequent DUI offense commits a class 4 felony. If a court sentences the person to probation, the bill requires the court to order as a condition of probation one of the following:

## 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_jud_2017a_20170413t141942z1__hearing_summary/17HouseJud0413AttachC.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1288_S_JUD_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (04/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1288_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (05/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1288_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (03/23/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1288_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (04/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1288jud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/19/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1288_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1288_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1288_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1288_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment C). The motion passed without objection. — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1288, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0, with 1 excused. — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1288 to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Lois Court — primary (person)
- Lori Saine — primary (person)
- Mike Foote — 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
- **2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23T06:00:00+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/faa20112-6933-4396-a039-7a95a441433c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).