---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Public Safety Improvements Tax Elections"
description: "Current law authorizes a county to propose a county public safety improvements tax by submitting a ballot question to the voters of the county at a general election only. The bill authorizes a county to also submit such a ballot question at a biennial county election or an election held in November of an odd-numbered year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1342"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1342 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adrienne Benavidez", "Larry Crowder"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4671926a-548b-477c-bcee-dd0e7a98ffee"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1342"
source_hash: "9c8e62bdcc58284fd89dca3d7eb53bb0a41a17f5f570175127c4b91fdcd4595e"
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 17-1342 (2017A) — County Public Safety Improvements Tax Elections

Current law authorizes a county to propose a county public safety improvements tax by submitting a ballot question to the voters of the county at a general election only. The bill authorizes a county to also submit such a ballot question at a biennial county election or an election held in November of an odd-numbered year.

## 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_HB1342_S_FIN_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1342_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/23/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1342_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/17/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1342_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1342_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/09/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1342_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/08/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1342_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1342_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1342 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0. — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1342 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 4-1. — **4–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Adrienne Benavidez — primary (person)
- Larry Crowder — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2017-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2017-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2017-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4671926a-548b-477c-bcee-dd0e7a98ffee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).