republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1214.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Encourage Employee Ownership Of Existing Small Business"
description: "The bill requires the Colorado office of economic development (office) to engage the services of a local nonprofit organization that supports and promotes the employee-owned business model to educate the staff at the office on the forms and merits of employee ownership in order for the office to promote employee ownership as part of its small business assistance center."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1214"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1214 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack Tate", "James Coleman"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d798926-6912-4654-8459-c17936ef94f4"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1214"
source_hash: "37d01586ba274b3f9d557f98d8e3d88d392f31cb6e47661e26670ccff0b17bcd"
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 17-1214 (2017A) — Encourage Employee Ownership Of Existing Small Business

The bill requires the Colorado office of economic development (office) to engage the services of a local nonprofit organization that supports and promotes the employee-owned business model to educate the staff at the office on the forms and merits of employee ownership in order for the office to promote employee ownership as part of its small business assistance center.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment L.003** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_bus_2017a_20170316t133037z0__hearing_summary/170316%20AttachD.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1214_S_BLT_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (03/21/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1214_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (05/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1214_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (02/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1214_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (03/20/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1214bus_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/22/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1214_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/21/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1214_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/19/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1214_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1214_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1214 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1214 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-2. — **5–2** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.002. The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1214, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 7-6. — **7–6** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jack Tate — primary (person)
- James Coleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Referred to Business, Labor, & Technology - No Amendments
- **2017-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d798926-6912-4654-8459-c17936ef94f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).