---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Sexting Crime"
description: "The bill creates the criminal offense of posting a private image by a juvenile. The offense can be committed in 2 ways. The first way is if a juvenile, through digital or electronic means, knowingly distributes, displays, or publishes to the view of another person a sexually explicit image of a person other than himself or herself who is at least 14 years of age or is less than 4 years younger than the juvenile:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1302"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1302 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Pete Lee", "Rhonda Fields", "Yeulin Willett"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/964af20d-a9ed-46d0-931c-c77dfb54b56d"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1302"
source_hash: "429df233c1287ee4faa7a23af92a9091193f4818c809744cfaeffb7ff73e00d4"
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 17-1302 (2017A) — Juvenile Sexting Crime

The bill creates the criminal offense of posting a private image by a juvenile. The offense can be committed in 2 ways. The first way is if a juvenile, through digital or electronic means, knowingly distributes, displays, or publishes to the view of another person a sexually explicit image of a person other than himself or herself who is at least 14 years of age or is less than 4 years younger than the juvenile:

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment L.011** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_jud_2017a_20170420t134003z1__hearing_summary/17HouseJud0420AttachA.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1302_S_JUD_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (04/25/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1302_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (05/19/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1302_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (03/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1302_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (04/21/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1302jud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/26/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1302_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/04/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1302_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/03/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1302_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1302_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.011 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1302 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
- Refer House Bill 17-1302, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — **11–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Yeulin Willett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22T06:00:00+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
- **2017-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2017-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2017-03-28T06:00:00+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/964af20d-a9ed-46d0-931c-c77dfb54b56d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).