republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-177.md

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Bill	Children's Code Definition Of Special Respondent	The current definition of 'special respondent' in the Children's Code only allows a party to be involuntarily joined in a dependency or neglect proceeding. The bill amends that definition to allow a party to be voluntarily joined in a dependency or neglect proceeding.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	SB 17-177	Colorado SB 17-177 (2017A)	bill		enacted	John Cooke Paul Rosenthal	8	12	2	2017-02-08T07:00:00+00:00	2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d1ffdb7e-5b4f-4dcc-a9ac-e087d5c3cf29	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-177	102616def6d660f3d1f03c29b93de0bedea6f187060b9491d6ff56cc50471c86	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 17-177 (2017A) — Children's Code Definition Of Special Respondent

The current definition of 'special respondent' in the Children's Code only allows a party to be involuntarily joined in a dependency or neglect proceeding. The bill amends that definition to allow a party to be voluntarily joined in a dependency or neglect proceeding.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/02/2017) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (03/31/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/08/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (03/03/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (03/27/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (03/24/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (04/06/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer Senate Bill 17-177 to the Committee of the Whole, with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 4-0. — 4–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-177 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0. — 10–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• John Cooke — primary (person)
• Paul Rosenthal — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-04-03T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-03-31T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-03-31T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-03-06T07:00:00+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 - No Amendments reading-2
• 2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2017-02-08T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d1ffdb7e-5b4f-4dcc-a9ac-e087d5c3cf29. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).