republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-027.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	Increase Penalty Texting While Driving	Currently, the penalty for text messaging while driving is a $50 fine and one point assessed against the violator's driver's license for a first offense and a $100 fine and one point assessed against the violator's driver's license for a second or subsequent offense. The bill increases the penalty to a $300 fine and 4 points for each offense. A driver may not be cited for text messaging while driving unless the driver was also operating the motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	SB 17-027	Colorado SB 17-027 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Jovan Melton Lois Court	11	17	7	2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00	2017-06-01T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b4040b45-5c66-4e74-9b1f-40e88d6bb56d	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-027	e070df7652515158bc786f801d1779b290941db5f5aca286bad5205a64361c93	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 17-027 (2017A) — Increase Penalty Texting While Driving

Currently, the penalty for text messaging while driving is a $50 fine and one point assessed against the violator's driver's license for a first offense and a $100 fine and one point assessed against the violator's driver's license for a second or subsequent offense. The bill increases the penalty to a $300 fine and 4 points for each offense. A driver may not be cited for text messaging while driving unless the driver was also operating the motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.003 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment L.006 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (03/02/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Final Act (05/01/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. Introduced (01/11/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA1 (02/09/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (03/03/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (04/24/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (04/21/2017) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (06/01/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer Senate Bill 17-027 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-2. — 11–2 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-027 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0. — 12–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-027, as amended, to the Committee on Finance. The motion passed on a vote of 4-1. — 4–1 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-027 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 6-1. — 6–1 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-027 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-027 to the Committee on Finance. The motion passed on a vote of 10-1. — 10–1 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment H) to SB 17-027. The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Jovan Melton — primary (person)
• Lois Court — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-04-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Finance referral-committee
• 2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-02-08T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Finance referral-committee
• 2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
• 2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4040b45-5c66-4e74-9b1f-40e88d6bb56d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).