republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-189.md

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Bill	Consumer Options In Fingerprint Background Checks	Under current law, there are a number of professions that require fingerprint-based background checks. Some of those fingerprint requirements direct that the fingerprints must be taken by a law enforcement agency. The bill removes the requirement that a law enforcement agency is the only authorized entity able to take the fingerprints. If an approved third party takes the person's fingerprints, the fingerprints may be electronically captured using Colorado bureau of investigation-approved or federal bureau of investigation-approved livescan equipment. The third party shall not keep the applicant information for more than thirty days unless requested to do so by the applicant.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	SB 17-189	Colorado SB 17-189 (2017A)	bill		enacted	John Cooke Mike Foote	14	14	6	2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00	2017-04-24T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/96cb88b8-baa7-4911-a564-e27c476a8474	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-189	552cfa5f71193b45c06861d7b65b197a1ba698d7528af5309403875b95bdd045	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 17-189 (2017A) — Consumer Options In Fingerprint Background Checks

Under current law, there are a number of professions that require fingerprint-based background checks. Some of those fingerprint requirements direct that the fingerprints must be taken by a law enforcement agency. The bill removes the requirement that a law enforcement agency is the only authorized entity able to take the fingerprints. If an approved third party takes the person's fingerprints, the fingerprints may be electronically captured using Colorado bureau of investigation-approved or federal bureau of investigation-approved livescan equipment. The third party shall not keep the applicant information for more than thirty days unless requested to do so by the applicant.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.001 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment L.005 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment L.007 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment L.008 (committee substitute) — source
5. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. Engrossed (03/06/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. Final Act (04/20/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Introduced (02/14/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. PA1 (03/01/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. PA2 (03/31/2017) (committee substitute) — source
11. Reengrossed (03/07/2017) (committee substitute) — source
12. Rerevised (04/04/2017) (committee substitute) — source
13. Revised (04/03/2017) (committee substitute) — source
14. Signed Act (04/24/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt amendment L.007 (Attachment E). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-189, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment D). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.008 (Attachment F). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-189, as amended, 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)
• Mike Foote — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-04-05T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2017-03-30T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-03-14T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2017-03-07T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/96cb88b8-baa7-4911-a564-e27c476a8474. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).