republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-024.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Clarify Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities Hearsay Exception	Under current law, there is an exception to the hearsay rule for a person with an intellectual and developmental disability if the out-of-court statement relates to certain specified crimes. Current law also provides increased penalties if certain crimes are committed against at-risk persons. The bill clarifies that the hearsay exception applies if the defendant is charged under the increased penalties for crimes against at-risk persons.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	SB 17-024	Colorado SB 17-024 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Dave Young Rhonda Fields	8	12	2	2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00	2017-03-30T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/53e343c8-e19e-4152-a583-fdc013893d85	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-024	f3907ebbcc27becc6cae4c2239b2f541cc6e0cb0912e4a3675f46e4e8281b868	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 17-024 (2017A) — Clarify Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities Hearsay Exception

Under current law, there is an exception to the hearsay rule for a person with an intellectual and developmental disability if the out-of-court statement relates to certain specified crimes. Current law also provides increased penalties if certain crimes are committed against at-risk persons. The bill clarifies that the hearsay exception applies if the defendant is charged under the increased penalties for crimes against at-risk persons.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (01/30/2017) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (03/22/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/11/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (01/31/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (03/15/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (03/14/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (03/30/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer Senate Bill 17-024 to the Committee of the Whole, with a recommendation that it placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-024 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — 11–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Dave Young — primary (person)
• Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-30T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-03-15T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-14T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2017-03-09T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 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 - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 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/53e343c8-e19e-4152-a583-fdc013893d85. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).