---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempt New Energy Requirement If Not Subordinate Lien"
description: "Current law authorizes a homeowner to finance certain energy efficiency improvements to the home through a loan pursuant to the property assessed clean energy (PACE) program. The program requires an applicant to file a title commitment on the home and a hearing must be held in order to seek a voluntary subordination of existing liens to the program's junior lien."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1363"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1363 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Martinez Humenik", "Chris Hansen"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95493ed7-a099-42d8-ac09-cd91910bd249"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1363"
source_hash: "06664deb9d718bba89db41e574659a95cd4b4d2b8cc520375e5c48860e49ac2c"
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 17-1363 (2017A) — Exempt New Energy Requirement If Not Subordinate Lien

Current law authorizes a homeowner to finance certain energy efficiency improvements to the home through a loan pursuant to the property assessed clean energy (PACE) program. The program requires an applicant to file a title commitment on the home and a hearing must be held in order to seek a voluntary subordination of existing liens to the program's junior lien.

## 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_tra_2017a_20170503t134716z3__hearing_summary/170503%20AttachC.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1363_S_FIN_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (05/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1363_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (05/19/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1363_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (04/26/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1363_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (05/04/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1363te_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/08/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1363_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1363_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/09/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1363_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1363_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1363 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
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment C). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1363, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Beth Martinez Humenik — primary (person)
- Chris Hansen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-05T06:00:00+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** 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 Finance Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2017-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95493ed7-a099-42d8-ac09-cd91910bd249`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).