republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1176.md

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Bill	PERA Public Employees' Retirement Association Retirees Employed By Rural School Districts	Current law allows a service retiree of any division of the public employees' retirement association (PERA) to work for a PERA employer for limited periods and to receive a salary without reduction in benefits under certain circumstances. Several rural school districts in the state have recently experienced a shortage of teachers, school bus drivers, and school food services cooks and would ideally address the shortages by hiring service retirees. PERA's employment after retirement provisions, including the limitation on the number of days in a calendar year that a service retiree may work for a PERA employer without a reduction in benefits, make it difficult for school districts to fill their vacancies with retired teachers, school bus drivers, and school food services cooks.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	HB 17-1176	Colorado HB 17-1176 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Barbara McLachlan Jerry Sonnenberg Jon Becker	14	15	7	2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00	2017-06-06T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/58ec726e-3396-40da-9f85-d6519ac55dc5	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1176	dad4b204fad5848cb9615793dd8d4427ed8cfd1813c62641515224c8085a0f5a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 17-1176 (2017A) — PERA Public Employees' Retirement Association Retirees Employed By Rural School Districts

Current law allows a service retiree of any division of the public employees' retirement association (PERA) to work for a PERA employer for limited periods and to receive a salary without reduction in benefits under certain circumstances. Several rural school districts in the state have recently experienced a shortage of teachers, school bus drivers, and school food services cooks and would ideally address the shortages by hiring service retirees. PERA's employment after retirement provisions, including the limitation on the number of days in a calendar year that a service retiree may work for a PERA employer without a reduction in benefits, make it difficult for school districts to fill their vacancies with retired teachers, school bus drivers, and school food services cooks.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.006 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment L.007 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment L.011 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment L.013 (committee substitute) — source
5. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. Engrossed (03/31/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. Final Act (05/19/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Introduced (02/06/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. PA1 (03/17/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. PA2 (04/20/2017) (committee substitute) — source
11. Reengrossed (04/03/2017) (committee substitute) — source
12. Rerevised (04/25/2017) (committee substitute) — source
13. Revised (04/24/2017) (committee substitute) — source
14. Signed Act (06/06/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt amendment L.013 (Attachment B). The motion passed on a vote of 6-1. — 6–1 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment B). The motion passed on a vote of 10-1. — 10–1 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.011 (Attachment A). The motion failed on a vote of 2-5. — 2–5 (fail) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1176 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-1. — 12–1 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1176, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 11-1. — 11–1 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.007 (Attachment C). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1176, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 4-3. — 4–3 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
• Jerry Sonnenberg — primary (person)
• Jon Becker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-06T06:00:00+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
• 2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2017-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-04-05T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2017-04-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-31T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2017-03-31T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-03-15T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance + Appropriations introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/58ec726e-3396-40da-9f85-d6519ac55dc5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).