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Bill	Outstanding Judgments And Driver's Licenses	Under current law, driving under restraint is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 months in jail and up to a $500 fine. The bill decreases the penalty to a class A traffic infraction if the basis of the restraint is an outstanding judgment.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	HB 17-1162	Colorado HB 17-1162 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Bob Gardner Matt Gray	10	14	6	2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00	2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e65f4822-e48e-4d77-9aa9-632d07189e9a	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1162	5b6244468826cf02e4166239b4ea3f44f375c63cb387b48789632f79a75f2f8f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 17-1162 (2017A) — Outstanding Judgments And Driver's Licenses

Under current law, driving under restraint is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 months in jail and up to a $500 fine. The bill decreases the penalty to a class A traffic infraction if the basis of the restraint is an outstanding judgment.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.002 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (04/28/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Act (05/18/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced (02/06/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA1 (03/22/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (05/01/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (05/10/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (05/09/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (05/18/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer House Bill 17-1162, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-3. — 10–3 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment J.001 The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment F). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1162 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 4-1. — 4–1 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1162, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 10-1. — 10–1 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1162 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 4-3. — 4–3 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Bob Gardner — primary (person)
• Matt Gray — 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 President of the Senate
• 2017-05-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 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 - No Amendments
• 2017-05-08T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance + Appropriations 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
• 2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e65f4822-e48e-4d77-9aa9-632d07189e9a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).