republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1070.md

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Bill	Study Drone Use By Public Safety Agencies	The bill requires the center of excellence (center) within the division of fire prevention and control within the department of public safety (department), upon receiving sufficient money in the form of gifts, grants, and donations, to conduct a study concerning the integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) within state and local government operations that relate to certain public-safety functions (study). At a minimum, the study must:	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	HB 17-1070	Colorado HB 17-1070 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Don Coram James Wilson Kerry Donovan	16	18	11	2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00	2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5f4c314d-d425-43cb-88d5-57f253e8b814	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1070	fc6632a11e6d68f3e329ec299a23d0643852ee5ed0ad6b88d1109dd73ba6ef7c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 17-1070 (2017A) — Study Drone Use By Public Safety Agencies

The bill requires the center of excellence (center) within the division of fire prevention and control within the department of public safety (department), upon receiving sufficient money in the form of gifts, grants, and donations, to conduct a study concerning the integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) within state and local government operations that relate to certain public-safety functions (study). At a minimum, the study must:

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Amendment L.002 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment L.003 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment L.006 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment L.008 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment L.009 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment L.010 (committee substitute) — source
7. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
8. Engrossed (03/10/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Final Act (05/19/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Introduced (01/17/2017) (committee substitute) — source
11. PA1 (02/15/2017) (committee substitute) — source
12. PA2 (03/24/2017) (committee substitute) — source
13. Reengrossed (03/13/2017) (committee substitute) — source
14. Rerevised (04/10/2017) (committee substitute) — source
15. Revised (04/07/2017) (committee substitute) — source
16. Signed Act (06/05/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment D). The motion passed on a vote of 9-1. — 9–1 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment C). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.008. The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1070, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1070 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• This is a conceptual amendment. Page 5, line 6, strike "THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF", line 7, strike "REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE," and substitute "HOUSE AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE AND SENATE AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND ENERGY COMMITTEE. The motion passed without objection. — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1070, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1070 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-1. — 12–1 (pass) · legislature
• The motion passed without objection. — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment B). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.010. The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Don Coram — primary (person)
• James Wilson — primary (person)
• Kerry Donovan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-05-22T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-05-19T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-05-19T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
• 2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
• 2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
• 2017-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
• 2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-03-17T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy introduction
• 2017-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f4c314d-d425-43cb-88d5-57f253e8b814. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).