republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1179.md

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Bill	Immunity For Emergency Rescue From Locked Vehicle	The bill provides immunity from civil and criminal liability for a person who forcibly enters a locked vehicle for the purpose of rendering assistance to an at-risk person or animal. To receive immunity, the person must:	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	HB 17-1179	Colorado HB 17-1179 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Joann Ginal Lois Court Lori Saine Vicki Marble	10	13	3	2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00	2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f8bf8e89-990e-45df-a02e-83bf263c7c1b	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1179	ebe1e86a10c168af0a8bae565dc44142565102e5eac5d1e64ecf2c62b892e998	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 17-1179 (2017A) — Immunity For Emergency Rescue From Locked Vehicle

The bill provides immunity from civil and criminal liability for a person who forcibly enters a locked vehicle for the purpose of rendering assistance to an at-risk person or animal. To receive immunity, the person must:

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.001 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (02/28/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Act (04/04/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced (02/07/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA1 (02/24/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (03/01/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (03/28/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (03/27/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (04/13/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment G) to House Bill 17-1179. The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1179, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1179 to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — 7–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Joann Ginal — primary (person)
• Lois Court — primary (person)
• Lori Saine — primary (person)
• Vicki Marble — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2017-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
• 2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology introduction
• 2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8bf8e89-990e-45df-a02e-83bf263c7c1b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).