republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1019.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax Redemption Third Party Costs"
description: "When property taxes are delinquent, a county treasurer issues a tax certificate, which is a lien on the property. The property can be redeemed upon paying the delinquent taxes, interest, and specified publication, abstract, and search fees. The bill now requires the repayment of any amounts paid to 3rd parties for computer software costs incurred in connection with processing the redemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1019"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1019 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Coram", "Donald Valdez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9bb5de3-52c5-425e-b1e5-bd3883de0c82"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1019"
source_hash: "400c5ac57017a86edb50c85742decf31afc9dade73a2e210ade2b22610e3aa78"
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 17-1019 (2017A) — Property Tax Redemption Third Party Costs

When property taxes are delinquent, a county treasurer issues a tax certificate, which is a lien on the property. The property can be redeemed upon paying the delinquent taxes, interest, and specified publication, abstract, and search fees. The bill now requires the repayment of any amounts paid to 3rd parties for computer software costs incurred in connection with processing the redemption.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1019_S_FIN_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/26/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1019_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/02/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1019_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/11/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1019_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1019sfin_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (01/31/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1019_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (02/14/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1019_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (02/13/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1019_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/08/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1019_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1019, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt conceptual amendment to replace Section 2 of the reengrossed bill with a safety clause and strike "January 1, 2018" on line 5 of page 3 and replace with "July 1, 2017". The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1019 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Donald Valdez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2017-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9bb5de3-52c5-425e-b1e5-bd3883de0c82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).