---
type: "Bill"
title: "Treat Economic Development Income Tax Credits Differently"
description: "The bill allows the Colorado economic development commission to allow certain businesses that make a strategic capital investment in the state, subject to a maximum amount, and subject to the requirements of the specified income tax credits, to treat any of the following income tax credits allowed to the business as either carryforwardable for a five-year period or as transferable:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1356"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1356 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crisanta Duran", "Daneya Esgar", "Jack Tate", "Leroy Garcia"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 14
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-04-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2472b71-286f-4053-aae5-b448d2925af5"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1356"
source_hash: "f82b770d728a0f4bdbb4d8bb0df451cb96f4c42d730eb44b2bace694905316e3"
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 17-1356 (2017A) — Treat Economic Development Income Tax Credits Differently

The bill allows the Colorado economic development commission to allow certain businesses that make a strategic capital investment in the state, subject to a maximum amount, and subject to the requirements of the specified income tax credits, to treat any of the following income tax credits allowed to the business as either carryforwardable for a five-year period or as transferable:

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment L.001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_fin_2017a_20170426t114857z0__hearing_summary/17HouseFin0426AttachA.pdf)
2. **Amendment L.002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_fin_2017a_20170426t114857z0__hearing_summary/17HouseFin0426AttachB.pdf)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017a_hb1356_s_app_002.pdf)
4. **Engrossed (04/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1356_eng.pdf)
5. **Final Act (05/23/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1356_enr.pdf)
6. **Introduced (04/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1356_01.pdf)
7. **PA1 (04/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1356fin_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (05/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1356_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1356_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/09/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1356_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1356_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1356, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0. — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment B). The motion passed without objection. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1356 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 4-3. — **4–3** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1356 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 4-1. — **4–1** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment J.001 The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1356, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 9-4. — **9–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Crisanta Duran — primary (person)
- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
- Jack Tate — primary (person)
- Leroy Garcia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-24T06:00:00+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
- **2017-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2017-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance + Appropriations `introduction`
- **2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24T06:00:00+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/b2472b71-286f-4053-aae5-b448d2925af5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).