---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clerk And Recorder Preserve Plats Electronically"
description: "The bill permits a county clerk and recorder to preserve an original plat in an electronic format, with the plat scanned at a minimum resolution of 300 dots per inch. If an electronic filing system is established, then the board of county commissioners is authorized to provide additional funding and space suitable for a county surveyor or any other appropriate local government official to store original mylar, paper, or polyester sheets of subdivision plats and land survey plats."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-129"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-129 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeni James Arndt", "Jerry Sonnenberg", "Jon Becker J."]
version_count: 10
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab3ecb5a-1064-431c-8bbf-e53686b97b0c"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-129"
source_hash: "45b386e9e927bc8146ccd082cbfbea28030cdd1abe5e3ef3f1d584b02a09bec5"
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 17-129 (2017A) — Clerk And Recorder Preserve Plats Electronically

The bill permits a county clerk and recorder to preserve an original plat in an electronic format, with the plat scanned at a minimum resolution of 300 dots per inch. If an electronic filing system is established, then the board of county commissioners is authorized to provide additional funding and space suitable for a county surveyor or any other appropriate local government official to store original mylar, paper, or polyester sheets of subdivision plats and land survey plats.

## 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/s_lg_2017a_20170214t140130z2__hearing_summary/170214%20AttachE.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_SB129_H_LG_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (02/17/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_129_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (05/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_129_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (01/31/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_129_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (02/15/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_129sloc_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/21/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_129_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/08/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_129_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_129_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_129_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 17-129, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 4-0. — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.001. The motion passed without objection. — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-129 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-1, with 1 excused. — **11–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jeni James Arndt — primary (person)
- Jerry Sonnenberg — primary (person)
- Jon Becker J. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **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 - No Amendments
- **2017-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab3ecb5a-1064-431c-8bbf-e53686b97b0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).