---
type: "Bill"
title: "Penalties For Child Sex Traffickers"
description: "The bill requires a court to sentence a person convicted of a class 2 felony for human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude to the department of corrections for a term of at least the minimum of the presumptive range for a class 2 felony, which is 8 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1172"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1172 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clarice Navarro", "John Cooke", "Terri Carver"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e669382-b857-4488-bed4-6509923bc639"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1172"
source_hash: "3bd14b39e612dce760e99158b64375bd6e032f6c07d5417bf8672b9044e3060d"
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 17-1172 (2017A) — Penalties For Child Sex Traffickers

The bill requires a court to sentence a person convicted of a class 2 felony for human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude to the department of corrections for a term of at least the minimum of the presumptive range for a class 2 felony, which is 8 years.

## 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_HB1172_S_JUD_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/31/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1172_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1172_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1172_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/03/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1172_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1172_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/17/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1172_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1172_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1172 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 17-1172 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1172 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 7-4. — **7–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Clarice Navarro — primary (person)
- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Terri Carver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2017-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2017-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary + Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e669382-b857-4488-bed4-6509923bc639`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).