republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1340.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Legislative Interim Committee On School Finance"
description: "The bill creates a legislative interim committee to study school finance issues and make legislative recommendations concerning how to most accurately meet the educational needs of students through the funding of education in Colorado. The interim committee will meet during the 2017 and 2018 legislative interims. The bill specifies issues that the interim committee must study. The interim committee is required to contract with a private entity to assist in the study. The chair and vice-chair of the interim committee may appoint subcommittees to provide technical assistance to the interim committee. The subcommittees may include members of the interim committee and other persons with expertise in school finance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1340"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1340 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alec Garnett", "Dominick Moreno", "Owen Hill", "Paul Lundeen"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 18
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d0e7d46-6d41-4439-ae20-d1ddfb14a617"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1340"
source_hash: "72442a9dff8d9bbe93d4130cfcc32ffd2a8f91c6b37d801d901046d927529493"
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 17-1340 (2017A) — Legislative Interim Committee On School Finance

The bill creates a legislative interim committee to study school finance issues and make legislative recommendations concerning how to most accurately meet the educational needs of students through the funding of education in Colorado. The interim committee will meet during the 2017 and 2018 legislative interims. The bill specifies issues that the interim committee must study. The interim committee is required to contract with a private entity to assist in the study. The chair and vice-chair of the interim committee may appoint subcommittees to provide technical assistance to the interim committee. The subcommittees may include members of the interim committee and other persons with expertise in school finance.

## 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_hb1340_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/25/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1340_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1340_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/13/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1340_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/21/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1340app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1340_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1340_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/09/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1340_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/02/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1340_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1340, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment J.002 The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.002 The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1340 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 6-1. — **6–1** (pass) · legislature
- The motion passed without objection. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1340 to the Committee on Finance. The motion passed on a vote of 17-1. — **17–1** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1340 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 3-2. — **3–2** (pass) · legislature
- Having voted on the prevailing side, moved for reconsideration. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1340 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Alec Garnett — primary (person)
- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Owen Hill — primary (person)
- Paul Lundeen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-24T06:00:00+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** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2017-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Legislative Council Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Legislative Council + Finance `introduction`
- **2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2017-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 04/24/2017 - No Amendments
- **2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d0e7d46-6d41-4439-ae20-d1ddfb14a617`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).