republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-211.md

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Bill	Contractor Surety Bonds For Public Projects	When responding to a solicitation issued by the department of transportation (department), contractors are required to secure a bid in the form of a bond. If the contractor can furnish such bond in the required amount, the bill prohibits the department from eliminating the contractor from consideration of an award based on a financial statement that the contractor submitted to the department for the department's contractor prequalification determination process. The bill specifies that the prohibition applies even if the contractor's financial statement submitted for prequalification purposes indicates that the contractor may not be able to perform the applicable contract to the level and amount reflected in the bond.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	SB 17-211	Colorado SB 17-211 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Polly Lawrence Ray Scott Tracy Kraft-Tharp	12	17	4	2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00	2017-06-06T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/26c44d1e-36b3-4139-8034-5c64868c6fbc	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-211	16643d0ea692b5a4b39f6e8808da0a4c5d4449d21104eb8ffc1bfa6084f43657	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 17-211 (2017A) — Contractor Surety Bonds For Public Projects

When responding to a solicitation issued by the department of transportation (department), contractors are required to secure a bid in the form of a bond. If the contractor can furnish such bond in the required amount, the bill prohibits the department from eliminating the contractor from consideration of an award based on a financial statement that the contractor submitted to the department for the department's contractor prequalification determination process. The bill specifies that the prohibition applies even if the contractor's financial statement submitted for prequalification purposes indicates that the contractor may not be able to perform the applicable contract to the level and amount reflected in the bond.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.002 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment L.003 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (04/10/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Final Act (05/19/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. Introduced (03/03/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA1 (04/05/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. PA2 (05/04/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Reengrossed (04/13/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Rerevised (05/08/2017) (committee substitute) — source
11. Revised (05/05/2017) (committee substitute) — source
12. Signed Act (06/06/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer Senate Bill 17-211, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment C). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-211, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment B). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Polly Lawrence — primary (person)
• Ray Scott — primary (person)
• Tracy Kraft-Tharp — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-06T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-05-19T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-05-19T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-05-19T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-05-09T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2017-05-08T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Energy introduction
• 2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2017-04-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Transportation Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Transportation Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
• 2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26c44d1e-36b3-4139-8034-5c64868c6fbc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).