republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1050.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Annual In-service Training For County Sheriffs"
description: "Each person elected or appointed to the office of sheriff is required, with certain exceptions, to undergo at least 20 hours of in-service training each year during the sheriff's term. The bill modifies this provision to require each sheriff to undergo at least the number of hours required for all certified peace officers by the peace officers standards and training board (POST board), but in no case less than 20 hours. Current law further requires the training to be provided by the county sheriffs of Colorado, incorporated. The bill allows the training to also be provided by any other training resource agency approved by the POST board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1050"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1050 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Kagan", "Hugh McKean"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4872ff2-b7b7-4978-b5a3-64d7255273d7"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1050"
source_hash: "5334bd359663e40fc710b0f247938a33da2816fe04d3b7ee4a5ec731bf3498a0"
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 17-1050 (2017A) — Annual In-service Training For County Sheriffs

Each person elected or appointed to the office of sheriff is required, with certain exceptions, to undergo at least 20 hours of in-service training each year during the sheriff's term. The bill modifies this provision to require each sheriff to undergo at least the number of hours required for all certified peace officers by the peace officers standards and training board (POST board), but in no case less than 20 hours. Current law further requires the training to be provided by the county sheriffs of Colorado, incorporated. The bill allows the training to also be provided by any other training resource agency approved by the POST board.

## 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_HB1050_S_JUD_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/30/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1050_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/08/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1050_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/11/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1050_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/25/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1050jud001_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (01/31/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1050_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/03/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1050_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/02/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1050_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/16/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1050_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Adopt a verbal amendment, page 2, line 17, strike the second "training" and substitute "training.". Strike line 18. The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1050 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
- Refer House Bill 17-1050, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0. — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt a verbal amendment, page 2, Line 8, strike "board." and substitute, "board, but in no case less than twenty hours.". The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Daniel Kagan — primary (person)
- Hugh McKean — 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`
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `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`
- **2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 01/30/2017 - No Amendments
- **2017-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4872ff2-b7b7-4978-b5a3-64d7255273d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).