republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1253.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protect Seniors From Financial Abuse"
description: "The bill requires that if certain licensed securities professionals (qualified individuals), while acting within the scope of their employment, reasonably suspect that an elderly or at-risk person is the subject of financial exploitation, the broker-dealer or investment adviser shall report the suspected financial exploitation to the commissioner of securities (commissioner). The commissioner is required to forward the report to local law enforcement and to the county department of human or social services. The commissioner has access to records to conduct an investigation, but the records are not subject to an open records request."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1253"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1253 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessie Danielson", "Larry Crowder"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ddf3676-cbc1-4567-8818-3e6f84211bf8"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1253"
source_hash: "600195445bb9c0448f4c3e5ba8edda1ee595e01d2951376627a68982b869e08b"
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 17-1253 (2017A) — Protect Seniors From Financial Abuse

The bill requires that if certain licensed securities professionals (qualified individuals), while acting within the scope of their employment, reasonably suspect that an elderly or at-risk person is the subject of financial exploitation, the broker-dealer or investment adviser shall report the suspected financial exploitation to the commissioner of securities (commissioner). The commissioner is required to forward the report to local law enforcement and to the county department of human or social services. The commissioner has access to records to conduct an investigation, but the records are not subject to an open records request.

## 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_phc_2017a_20170328t134006z0__hearing_summary/170328%20AttachD.pdf)
2. **Amendment L.004** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/s_fin_2017a_20170413t112104z3__hearing_summary/17SenateFin0413AttachF.pdf)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1253_S_FIN_001.pdf)
4. **Engrossed (04/03/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1253_eng.pdf)
5. **Final Act (05/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1253_enr.pdf)
6. **Introduced (03/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1253_01.pdf)
7. **PA1 (04/17/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1253sfin_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/04/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1253_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/20/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1253_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/19/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1253_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/02/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1253_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment F). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment D). The motion failed on a vote of 6-7. — **6–7** (fail) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1253 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 7-6. — **7–6** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1253, 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

## Sponsors

- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
- Larry Crowder — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-02T06:00:00+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
- **2017-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 05/01/2017
- **2017-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ddf3676-cbc1-4567-8818-3e6f84211bf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).