---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonadmitted Insurers Disability Surplus Lines Insurance"
description: "Current law allows nonadmitted insurers to offer only property and casualty insurance as types of surplus lines insurance. The bill:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-274"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-274 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alec Garnett", "Chris Holbert"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a235ccb8-f46d-45c5-aef6-9122d82ca473"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-274"
source_hash: "2f5ecfc6d12d2d85fa517cebcf326591d9976d904f36fed995030bbaef981b65"
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 17-274 (2017A) — Nonadmitted Insurers Disability Surplus Lines Insurance

Current law allows nonadmitted insurers to offer only property and casualty insurance as types of surplus lines insurance. The bill:

## 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_SB274_H_BUS_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/20/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_274_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_274_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/29/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_274_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/21/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_274_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/02/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_274_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_274_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (06/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_274_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 17-274 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0. — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-274 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

- Alec Garnett — primary (person)
- Chris Holbert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor `introduction`
- **2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a235ccb8-f46d-45c5-aef6-9122d82ca473`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).