---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transfers Of Automobile Titles Upon Death"
description: "Under current law, the department of revenue (department) makes available a beneficiary designation form that allows the owner or joint owners of a vehicle to arrange for the transfer of the vehicle's title to a named beneficiary upon the death of the owner, or of the last surviving joint owner, of the vehicle. The bill adds language stating that:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1213"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1213 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Holbert", "Kevin Van Winkle"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82104b68-f8b3-40b1-942a-b811bbe90b35"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1213"
source_hash: "3394e3a7bb350b7411980005bfb43a8ab0a662616c5dfc3cd6948502450aa0ff"
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 17-1213 (2017A) — Transfers Of Automobile Titles Upon Death

Under current law, the department of revenue (department) makes available a beneficiary designation form that allows the owner or joint owners of a vehicle to arrange for the transfer of the vehicle's title to a named beneficiary upon the death of the owner, or of the last surviving joint owner, of the vehicle. The bill adds language stating that:

## 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_hb1213_s_tra_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/21/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1213_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1213_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1213_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/22/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1213_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1213_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/17/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1213_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/03/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1213_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1213 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 17-1213 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0, with 3 excused. — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chris Holbert — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-03T06:00:00+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 Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation `introduction`
- **2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+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/82104b68-f8b3-40b1-942a-b811bbe90b35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).