republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1229.md

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Bill	Workers' Compensation For Mental Impairment	The bill adds the definitions 'psychologically traumatic event' and 'serious bodily injury' to the workers' compensation statutes for the purposes of clarifying a worker's right to compensation for any claim of mental impairment.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	HB 17-1229	Colorado HB 17-1229 (2017A)	bill		enacted	John Cooke Jon Becker Jonathan Singer Nancy Todd	9	12	3	2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00	2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0f6e6e73-fb37-4a35-bdf0-124cf5dbfd68	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1229	6707178fccde93a3d1da96c755e2aabc5e8da89335ac5e9b48b04d347965c1fe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 17-1229 (2017A) — Workers' Compensation For Mental Impairment

The bill adds the definitions 'psychologically traumatic event' and 'serious bodily injury' to the workers' compensation statutes for the purposes of clarifying a worker's right to compensation for any claim of mental impairment.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.003 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (03/24/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Act (05/01/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced (03/06/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (03/27/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (04/19/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (04/18/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (06/05/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer House Bill 17-1229 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 6-1. The motion passed on a vote of 6-1. — 6–1 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1229 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-1. — 12–1 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.003. The motion failed on a vote of 3-4. The motion failed on a vote of 3-4. — 3–4 (fail) · legislature

Sponsors

• John Cooke — primary (person)
• Jon Becker — primary (person)
• Jonathan Singer — primary (person)
• Nancy Todd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology introduction
• 2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f6e6e73-fb37-4a35-bdf0-124cf5dbfd68. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).