republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-198.md

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Bill	Public Participate Review Acquire Control Insurer	Current law requires an opportunity for public notice and a hearing for proposed transactions that would result in the acquisition of control of a domestic insurer, which is one that is incorporated or formed pursuant to Colorado law. Section 1 of the bill expands the public notice for acquisition of a domestic insurer that offers health plans by requiring the commissioner of insurance to make certain information available for public inspection if the application presents prima facie evidence of a violation of the competitive standards established by law. Section 2 appropriates $9,505 from the division of insurance cash fund, which is reappropriated to the department of law for implementation of the act along with 0.1 FTE.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	SB 17-198	Colorado SB 17-198 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Alec Garnett Kevin Priola	11	16	7	2017-02-17T07:00:00+00:00	2017-06-02T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/328b63ae-bcf4-45b3-908a-761812718b2a	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-198	e171a4865c8667424c73f77653b24b60c2621acc8f3a60f07551d7ad0cb4026c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 17-198 (2017A) — Public Participate Review Acquire Control Insurer

Current law requires an opportunity for public notice and a hearing for proposed transactions that would result in the acquisition of control of a domestic insurer, which is one that is incorporated or formed pursuant to Colorado law. Section 1 of the bill expands the public notice for acquisition of a domestic insurer that offers health plans by requiring the commissioner of insurance to make certain information available for public inspection if the application presents prima facie evidence of a violation of the competitive standards established by law. Section 2 appropriates $9,505 from the division of insurance cash fund, which is reappropriated to the department of law for implementation of the act along with 0.1 FTE.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.004 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (04/11/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Act (05/18/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced (02/17/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA1 (03/23/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA2 (04/06/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (04/12/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (05/03/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (05/02/2017) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (06/02/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer Senate Bill 17-198, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 6-1. — 6–1 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-198, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 5-2. — 5–2 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.004. The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment J.001 The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-198 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-3. — 10–3 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-198 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0. — 12–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.005. The motion failed on a vote of 2-5. — 2–5 (fail) · legislature

Sponsors

• Alec Garnett — primary (person)
• Kevin Priola — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-02T06:00:00+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
• 2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2017-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor introduction
• 2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
• 2017-02-17T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/328b63ae-bcf4-45b3-908a-761812718b2a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).