---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal Authority To Employ Police"
description: "There is a sunrise review process for groups seeking peace officer status. The bill clarifies that municipalities do not need to go through that process to employ a police force."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-066"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-066 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Cooke", "Lori Saine", "Rhonda Fields", "Steve Lebsock"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2466a94d-3026-4b3d-b810-859fe4c337d7"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-066"
source_hash: "6b46f79156bc5f1dd48a4eafbc9c2aa44fef7735b2979dacb0f15521316be76a"
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 SB 17-066 (2017A) — Municipal Authority To Employ Police

There is a sunrise review process for groups seeking peace officer status. The bill clarifies that municipalities do not need to go through that process to employ a police force.

## 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_SB066_H_LG_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/09/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_066_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/29/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_066_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/13/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_066_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_066_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/07/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_066_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_066_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/04/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_066_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 17-066 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-066 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)
- Lori Saine — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Steve Lebsock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`
- **2017-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/2466a94d-3026-4b3d-b810-859fe4c337d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).