---
type: "Bill"
title: "Support USS Colorado Commissioning"
description: "The bill requires the department of military and veterans affairs to make grants to support the USS Colorado, a soon-to-be commissioned nuclear attack submarine, in order to:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-183"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-183 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Pete Lee"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/991114ae-67d0-4800-b2c7-88e2994fdaf9"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-183"
source_hash: "22d15c24e1549f1e4bc6f164968a3f9639119fd2ce9b00e53467d17e6485bbef"
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 17-183 (2017A) — Support USS Colorado Commissioning

The bill requires the department of military and veterans affairs to make grants to support the USS Colorado, a soon-to-be commissioned nuclear attack submarine, in order to:

## 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_SB183_H_AGR_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_183_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/19/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_183_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/14/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_183_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_183sapp_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (05/08/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_183_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/09/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_183_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/08/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_183_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_183_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 17-183, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-183 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conceptual amendment to drop approp to 100K The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-183 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-2. — **11–2** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-183 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 9-4. — **9–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2017-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2017-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2017-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+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/991114ae-67d0-4800-b2c7-88e2994fdaf9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).