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Bill	Special District Meeting Compensation	Current law caps the compensation that a special district board member may receive at $1,600 per year and $100 per meeting attended. The bill increases this amount to $2,400 per year and specifies that special meetings include study sessions in specified circumstances.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	HB 17-1297	Colorado HB 17-1297 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Bob Gardner Matt Gray	11	12	3	2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00	2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/37877ce6-3b1a-4c6f-bcec-d5487956184c	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1297	1427ccbf5742e087927dc68434815262c355ac793b422f629c2692055687c514	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 17-1297 (2017A) — Special District Meeting Compensation

Current law caps the compensation that a special district board member may receive at $1,600 per year and $100 per meeting attended. The bill increases this amount to $2,400 per year and specifies that special meetings include study sessions in specified circumstances.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.001 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment L.002 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (04/17/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Final Act (05/19/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. Introduced (03/27/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA1 (04/17/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (04/18/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (04/28/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (04/27/2017) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (06/05/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment G). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1297 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1297, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0, with 1 excused. — 12–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Bob Gardner — primary (person)
• Matt Gray — 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
• 2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2017-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government introduction
• 2017-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Local Government introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/37877ce6-3b1a-4c6f-bcec-d5487956184c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).