republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1119.md

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Bill	Payment Of Workers' Compensation Benefits	The bill creates the 'Colorado Uninsured Employer Act' to create a new mechanism for the payment of covered claims to workers who are injured while employed by employers who do not carry workers' compensation insurance. The bill creates the Colorado uninsured employer fund, which consists of penalties from employers who do not carry workers' compensation insurance.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	HB 17-1119	Colorado HB 17-1119 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Cheri Jahn Jack Tate Lang Sias Tracy Kraft-Tharp	12	17	10	2017-01-20T07:00:00+00:00	2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5ba9fabb-4a1f-4387-85be-31fe7b49769e	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1119	a97d34b6bce68f42721594c735c8a5f0f40b8068afab5b2eab64bf62b0a1e3c0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 17-1119 (2017A) — Payment Of Workers' Compensation Benefits

The bill creates the 'Colorado Uninsured Employer Act' to create a new mechanism for the payment of covered claims to workers who are injured while employed by employers who do not carry workers' compensation insurance. The bill creates the Colorado uninsured employer fund, which consists of penalties from employers who do not carry workers' compensation insurance.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.010 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (04/28/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Act (05/19/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced (01/20/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA1 (03/30/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA2 (04/28/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. PA3 (05/04/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Reengrossed (05/01/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Rerevised (05/10/2017) (committee substitute) — source
11. Revised (05/09/2017) (committee substitute) — source
12. Signed Act (06/05/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt amendment L.001. The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1119 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 6-1. — 6–1 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1119, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 8-5. — 8–5 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1119 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 4-1. — 4–1 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1119 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 8-5. — 8–5 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.006 The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.010 (Attachment H). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1119, as amended, to the Committee on Finance. The motion passed on a vote of 8-5. — 8–5 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1119, as amended, to the Committee on Finance The motion passed on a vote of 3-2. — 3–2 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment J.001 The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Cheri Jahn — primary (person)
• Jack Tate — primary (person)
• Lang Sias — primary (person)
• Tracy Kraft-Tharp — 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
• 2017-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2017-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-09T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2017-05-09T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Finance referral-committee
• 2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Amended to Finance referral-committee
• 2017-01-20T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ba9fabb-4a1f-4387-85be-31fe7b49769e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).