republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-271.md

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Bill	Investor-owned Utility Cost Recovery Transparency	The bill requires the public utilities commission (commission) to open a nonadjudicatory proceeding to evaluate investor-owned gas or electric utilities' policies and procedures for load extension of service,including allocation of costs and identification of variables that affect construction and implementation time lines for extension of service. Gas-only investor-owned utilities are not subject to the commission's nonadjudicatory proceeding.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	SB 17-271	Colorado SB 17-271 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Dan Pabon John Cooke	12	13	5	2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00	2017-06-02T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f8bdc193-70af-4656-8ed5-779b6b1ae6cc	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-271	56908482c5be96d5dead979cb773ec1d6580c081adaf1b126f13c02a4ce61a88	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 17-271 (2017A) — Investor-owned Utility Cost Recovery Transparency

The bill requires the public utilities commission (commission) to open a nonadjudicatory proceeding to evaluate investor-owned gas or electric utilities' policies and procedures for load extension of service,including allocation of costs and identification of variables that affect construction and implementation time lines for extension of service. Gas-only investor-owned utilities are not subject to the commission's nonadjudicatory proceeding.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.006 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment L.007 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment L.008 (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Engrossed (04/25/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. Final Act (05/18/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. Introduced (03/29/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. PA1 (04/21/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Reengrossed (04/26/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Rerevised (05/03/2017) (committee substitute) — source
11. Revised (05/02/2017) (committee substitute) — source
12. Signed Act (06/02/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer Senate Bill 17-271 to the Committee of the Whole, and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.008. The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.007. The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-271 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0. — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.006. The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Dan Pabon — primary (person)
• John Cooke — 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
• 2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources introduction
• 2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2017-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
• 2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8bdc193-70af-4656-8ed5-779b6b1ae6cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).