republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1301.md

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Bill	No Withholding Student Transcripts For Library Fines	The bill removes the authority of a board of education of a school district, a charter school, an institute charter school, and a school operated by a board of cooperative services (local education provider) to withhold records required for enrollment in another school or institution of higher education or a student's grades, transcripts, or diploma for failure to pay any fine or fee assessed by the local education provider, to return or replace textbooks or library resources, or to return other school property. The local education provider shall make reasonable efforts to obtain payment of an assessed fee or fine or payment for lost or damaged textbooks, library resources, or other school property.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	HB 17-1301	Colorado HB 17-1301 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Chris Holbert Dafna Michaelson Jenet Rhonda Fields	10	12	3	2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00	2017-05-17T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d6f8aa5c-3b3e-4a92-8921-dc2cc1553703	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1301	a35aa22ea83fcd763246e81ddb735d52c9090f9a9db32f6bb28c144324cbd0de	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 17-1301 (2017A) — No Withholding Student Transcripts For Library Fines

The bill removes the authority of a board of education of a school district, a charter school, an institute charter school, and a school operated by a board of cooperative services (local education provider) to withhold records required for enrollment in another school or institution of higher education or a student's grades, transcripts, or diploma for failure to pay any fine or fee assessed by the local education provider, to return or replace textbooks or library resources, or to return other school property. The local education provider shall make reasonable efforts to obtain payment of an assessed fee or fine or payment for lost or damaged textbooks, library resources, or other school property.

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 (04/20/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Act (05/09/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced (03/28/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA1 (04/19/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (04/21/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (05/01/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (04/28/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (05/17/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer House Bill 17-1301, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-2. — 11–2 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1301 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
• Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment B). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Chris Holbert — primary (person)
• Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
• Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-05-09T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-05-09T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6f8aa5c-3b3e-4a92-8921-dc2cc1553703. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).