republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-126.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board"
description: "The bill creates the Colorado domestic violence fatality review board (board) in the department of law (department). The review board includes the attorney general or his or her designee, who acts as chair, and at least 17 other members, to be appointed by the attorney general."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-126"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-126 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Lucia Guzman", "Millie Hamner", "Yeulin Willett"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 15
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00d6d43e-96e0-4866-b4d8-d356a3ea8ec0"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-126"
source_hash: "624cfa164c88a498781c931ac6f3247e6278d85ed77bd0ecf2791167a57816d5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado SB 17-126 (2017A) — Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board

The bill creates the Colorado domestic violence fatality review board (board) in the department of law (department). The review board includes the attorney general or his or her designee, who acts as chair, and at least 17 other members, to be appointed by the attorney general.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment L.004** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/s_jud_2017a_20170215t133358z2__hearing_summary/17SenateJud0215AttachE.pdf)
2. **Amendment L.007** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_phc_2017a_20170425t133429z1__hearing_summary/170425%20AttachA.pdf)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017a_sb126_h_app_002.pdf)
4. **Engrossed (04/07/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_126_eng.pdf)
5. **Final Act (05/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_126_enr.pdf)
6. **Introduced (01/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_126_01.pdf)
7. **PA1 (02/16/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_126sjud_01.pdf)
8. **PA2 (04/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_126sjudapp.pdf)
9. **PA3 (04/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_126pubhe_01.pdf)
10. **Reengrossed (04/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_126_ren.pdf)
11. **Rerevised (05/03/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_126_rer.pdf)
12. **Revised (05/02/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_126_rev.pdf)
13. **Signed Act (06/08/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_126_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 17-126, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0, with one excused. — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-126 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment E). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-126, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-126, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment J.001 The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.007 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Lucia Guzman — primary (person)
- Millie Hamner — primary (person)
- Yeulin Willett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2017-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`
- **2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00d6d43e-96e0-4866-b4d8-d356a3ea8ec0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).