republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1014.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Offenses Committed By A Voter"
description: "For elections conducted under both the 'Uniform Election Code of 1992' (uniform code) and the 'Municipal Election Code of 1965' (municipal code), an elector who shows his or her ballot after it is prepared for voting in such a way as to reveal its contents, commonly known and referred to as a 'ballot selfie', is subject to a criminal misdemeanor penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1014"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1014 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Williams", "Kerry Donovan", "Owen Hill", "Paul Rosenthal"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63b27df8-7fd4-4a35-8f24-b1bb390ff1fd"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1014"
source_hash: "30410373102a1b7e9c63bef94249c41fee146516256934f0805147a8c224c807"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 17-1014 (2017A) — Election Offenses Committed By A Voter

For elections conducted under both the 'Uniform Election Code of 1992' (uniform code) and the 'Municipal Election Code of 1965' (municipal code), an elector who shows his or her ballot after it is prepared for voting in such a way as to reveal its contents, commonly known and referred to as a 'ballot selfie', is subject to a criminal misdemeanor penalty.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment L.001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_sa_2017a_20170125t133307z1__hearing_summary/17HouseState0125AttachJ.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1014_S_SA_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (01/30/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1014_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (03/08/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1014_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (01/11/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1014_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (01/26/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1014sa_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (01/31/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1014_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/02/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1014_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1014_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (03/16/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1014_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1014 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 4-1. — **4–1** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1014, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 8-1. — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment J). The motion passed on a vote of 7-2. — **7–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dave Williams — primary (person)
- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
- Owen Hill — primary (person)
- Paul Rosenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63b27df8-7fd4-4a35-8f24-b1bb390ff1fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).