republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-229.md

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Bill	Penalties When Passing Stationary Vehicles	Under current, law a driver who fails to exhibit due care and caution when approaching or passing a stationary emergency vehicle or towing carrier vehicle commits careless driving, which is a class A traffic offense. The bill adds stationary public utility service vehicles to the statute.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	SB 17-229	Colorado SB 17-229 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Chris Holbert Diane Mitsch Bush Polly Lawrence	8	12	2	2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00	2017-06-01T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c08b64b8-0805-4d88-9420-78dc02b576e0	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-229	38e13e7d8bdf5f30ba3828902ffa332e42af58d7f671771808bc8388d03be90d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 17-229 (2017A) — Penalties When Passing Stationary Vehicles

Under current, law a driver who fails to exhibit due care and caution when approaching or passing a stationary emergency vehicle or towing carrier vehicle commits careless driving, which is a class A traffic offense. The bill adds stationary public utility service vehicles to the statute.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/13/2017) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/11/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/10/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (04/17/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (05/02/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (05/01/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (06/01/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer Senate Bill 17-229 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-229 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

Sponsors

• Chris Holbert — primary (person)
• Diane Mitsch Bush — primary (person)
• Polly Lawrence — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Energy introduction
• 2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-2
• 2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c08b64b8-0805-4d88-9420-78dc02b576e0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).