republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-066.md

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Bill	Municipal Authority To Employ Police	There is a sunrise review process for groups seeking peace officer status. The bill clarifies that municipalities do not need to go through that process to employ a police force.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	SB 17-066	Colorado SB 17-066 (2017A)	bill		enacted	John Cooke Lori Saine Rhonda Fields Steve Lebsock	8	12	2	2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00	2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2466a94d-3026-4b3d-b810-859fe4c337d7	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-066	6b46f79156bc5f1dd48a4eafbc9c2aa44fef7735b2979dacb0f15521316be76a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 17-066 (2017A) — Municipal Authority To Employ Police

There is a sunrise review process for groups seeking peace officer status. The bill clarifies that municipalities do not need to go through that process to employ a police force.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (02/09/2017) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (03/29/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/13/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (02/10/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (03/07/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (03/06/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (04/04/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer Senate Bill 17-066 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-066 to the Committee of the Whole, with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — 5–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• John Cooke — primary (person)
• Lori Saine — primary (person)
• Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
• Steve Lebsock — 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
• 2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-03-07T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Local Government introduction
• 2017-02-10T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2466a94d-3026-4b3d-b810-859fe4c337d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).