republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-008.md

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Bill	Legalize Gravity Knives And Switchblades	The bill legalizes the possession of a gravity knife or switchblade knife by removing such knives from the definition of 'illegal weapon'.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	SB 17-008	Colorado SB 17-008 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Owen Hill Steve Lebsock	9	14	2	2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00	2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/321e0cb9-182a-4705-94d9-de6f1fb14432	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-008	2c32cfb7b0ea4fd601b745bea63bf94ca3bb00392dff2d530188f8fafff1dbba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 17-008 (2017A) — Legalize Gravity Knives And Switchblades

The bill legalizes the possession of a gravity knife or switchblade knife by removing such knives from the definition of 'illegal weapon'.

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 (01/30/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Act (03/15/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced (01/11/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (02/01/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (03/09/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (03/08/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (03/23/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer Senate Bill 17-008 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 4-1. — 4–1 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-008 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-1. — 10–1 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Owen Hill — primary (person)
• Steve Lebsock — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-03-15T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-03-15T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-03-14T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-03-09T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2017-03-07T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/321e0cb9-182a-4705-94d9-de6f1fb14432. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).