republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1208.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Record Sealing Clarifications"
description: "During the 2016 session, the general assembly adopted an expedited process for sealing the criminal records of a person who is acquitted, whose case is completely dismissed, who completed a diversion agreement, or who completed a deferred judgment and sentence. The bill clarifies that many of the general provisions related to criminal record sealing also apply to this expedited process. The bill clarifies that if the case involved a crime that requires a victim to be notified of a motion for record sealing, the court shall allow up to 42 days to provide that notification before ruling on the motion on record sealing. The bill clarifies that the filing fee for state court cases goes to the judicial stabilization fund and the filing fee in a municipal court goes to the municipality. The bill allows the prosecuting attorney or law enforcement agency to release sealed police reports or protection orders to the victim, if the victim demonstrates that there is a need for the reports for a lawful purpose."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1208"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1208 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Mike Weissman"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5035af80-4f8c-4fc8-93df-8ecdf8f1c3a7"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1208"
source_hash: "e5b0dbf136d0db579a2b1cd8e0a86a9fdc349d20b9783eb08b780c938949629b"
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 17-1208 (2017A) — Record Sealing Clarifications

During the 2016 session, the general assembly adopted an expedited process for sealing the criminal records of a person who is acquitted, whose case is completely dismissed, who completed a diversion agreement, or who completed a deferred judgment and sentence. The bill clarifies that many of the general provisions related to criminal record sealing also apply to this expedited process. The bill clarifies that if the case involved a crime that requires a victim to be notified of a motion for record sealing, the court shall allow up to 42 days to provide that notification before ruling on the motion on record sealing. The bill clarifies that the filing fee for state court cases goes to the judicial stabilization fund and the filing fee in a municipal court goes to the municipality. The bill allows the prosecuting attorney or law enforcement agency to release sealed police reports or protection orders to the victim, if the victim demonstrates that there is a need for the reports for a lawful purpose.

## 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_jud_2017a_20170328t114819z0__hearing_summary/17HouseJud0328AttachA.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017a_hb1208_s_app_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (04/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1208_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (05/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1208_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (02/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1208_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (03/30/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1208jud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1208_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1208_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/09/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1208_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1208_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1208 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1208 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1208, as amended, to the Committee on Finance. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1208 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1208 to the Committee of the Whole. consent calendar The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Mike Weissman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2017-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2017-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance + Appropriations `introduction`
- **2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+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/5035af80-4f8c-4fc8-93df-8ecdf8f1c3a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).