republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1116.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Continue Low-income Household Energy Assistance"
description: "Current law provides that the department of human services low-income energy assistance fund, the energy outreach Colorado low-income energy assistance fund, and the Colorado energy office low-income energy assistance fund receive conditional funding from the severance tax operational fund through the state fiscal year commencing July 1, 2018. The bill extends the conditional funding through the state fiscal year commencing July 1, 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1116"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1116 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Martinez Humenik", "Millie Hamner", "Tony Exum"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-20T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9be50921-2c73-411a-8ce8-fe0e0ca84e3a"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1116"
source_hash: "b9c5f93193784a73a5b5707547a68dc80bc10065a123a4bcaa0d1af456992eaf"
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 17-1116 (2017A) — Continue Low-income Household Energy Assistance

Current law provides that the department of human services low-income energy assistance fund, the energy outreach Colorado low-income energy assistance fund, and the Colorado energy office low-income energy assistance fund receive conditional funding from the severance tax operational fund through the state fiscal year commencing July 1, 2018. The bill extends the conditional funding through the state fiscal year commencing July 1, 2023.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment L.002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_tra_2017a_20170216t104651z0__hearing_summary/170216%20AttachA.pdf)
2. **Amendment L.004** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/s_agr_2017a_20170323t133222z4__hearing_summary/170323%20AttachH.pdf)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017a_hb1116_s_app_002.pdf)
4. **Engrossed (03/07/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1116_eng.pdf)
5. **Final Act (05/19/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1116_enr.pdf)
6. **Introduced (01/20/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1116_01.pdf)
7. **PA1 (02/17/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1116tra_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (03/09/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1116_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1116_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/09/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1116_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1116_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1116 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 8-5. — **8–5** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1116, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1116 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-2. — **5–2** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1116 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 8-3. — **8–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Beth Martinez Humenik — primary (person)
- Millie Hamner — primary (person)
- Tony Exum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy `introduction`
- **2017-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-20T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9be50921-2c73-411a-8ce8-fe0e0ca84e3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).