republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-062.md

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Bill	Student Free Speech Public Higher Education Campuses	The bill prohibits public institutions of higher education (public institution) from limiting or restricting student expression in a student forum. 'Expression' is defined to mean any lawful verbal or written means by which individuals communicate ideas to one another, including all forms of peaceful assembly, protests, speaking verbally, holding signs, circulating petitions, and disstributing written materials. 'Expression' also includes voter registration activities but does not include speech that is primarily for a commercial purpose.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	SB 17-062	Colorado SB 17-062 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Jeff Bridges Stephen Humphrey Tim Neville	16	19	9	2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00	2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/06f13894-1cd4-46ba-8bc7-99749d032eee	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-062	13d504a0fe804aee8ec9a067ed799c01079521771bf6be6f258c0081a0b18db7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 17-062 (2017A) — Student Free Speech Public Higher Education Campuses

The bill prohibits public institutions of higher education (public institution) from limiting or restricting student expression in a student forum. 'Expression' is defined to mean any lawful verbal or written means by which individuals communicate ideas to one another, including all forms of peaceful assembly, protests, speaking verbally, holding signs, circulating petitions, and disstributing written materials. 'Expression' also includes voter registration activities but does not include speech that is primarily for a commercial purpose.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.002 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment L.003 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment L.011 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment L.012 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment L.013 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment L.014 (committee substitute) — source
7. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
8. Engrossed (02/10/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Final Act (03/28/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Introduced (01/13/2017) (committee substitute) — source
11. PA1 (02/03/2017) (committee substitute) — source
12. PA2 (03/09/2017) (committee substitute) — source
13. Reengrossed (02/13/2017) (committee substitute) — source
14. Rerevised (03/21/2017) (committee substitute) — source
15. Revised (2) (03/17/2017) (committee substitute) — source
16. Signed Act (04/04/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt amendment L.014 (Attachment U). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-062, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• DELETE":Refer Senate Bill 17-062, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed without objection. — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment E). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.011 (Attachment R). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.013 (Attachment T). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment D). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-062, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 8-1. — 8–1 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.012 (Attachment S). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
• Stephen Humphrey — primary (person)
• Tim Neville — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-17T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over to 03/21/2017 - No Amendments
• 2017-03-17T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-3, passage
• 2017-02-10T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-2
• 2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-02-08T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/06f13894-1cd4-46ba-8bc7-99749d032eee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).