republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1346.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land Sale To Fort Logan Cemetery"
description: "House Bill 16-1456, enacted in 2016, granted the department of human services the authority to sell up to 15 acres around the Colorado mental health institute at Fort Logan to the United States department of veterans affairs for the purpose of expanding the Fort Logan national cemetery. The bill grants the department of human services authority to execute a land sale, at fair market value, to sell 51 additional acres, or up to 66 acres. The bill specifies that the proceeds of the sale of the additional 51 acres to the United States department of veterans affairs must be credited to the Fort Logan land sale account in the capital construction fund. The bill then creates the account in the capital construction fund and specifies that the money in the fund may be used for future capital construction, capital renewal, or controlled maintenance expenses of the department of human services, contingent upon approval by both the office of state planning and budgeting and the capital development committee. The bill further specifies that all or a portion of the money must be expended for veterans-related and behavioral health-related projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1346"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1346 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owen Hill", "Susan Lontine"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 14
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/282cedc7-e311-45d6-9db2-fe30b4db9144"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1346"
source_hash: "e9685b46d44afffd91da764b65dd5fdbf4c007f099e456ebbc2818b460ea683b"
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 17-1346 (2017A) — Land Sale To Fort Logan Cemetery

House Bill 16-1456, enacted in 2016, granted the department of human services the authority to sell up to 15 acres around the Colorado mental health institute at Fort Logan to the United States department of veterans affairs for the purpose of expanding the Fort Logan national cemetery. The bill grants the department of human services authority to execute a land sale, at fair market value, to sell 51 additional acres, or up to 66 acres. The bill specifies that the proceeds of the sale of the additional 51 acres to the United States department of veterans affairs must be credited to the Fort Logan land sale account in the capital construction fund. The bill then creates the account in the capital construction fund and specifies that the money in the fund may be used for future capital construction, capital renewal, or controlled maintenance expenses of the department of human services, contingent upon approval by both the office of state planning and budgeting and the capital development committee. The bill further specifies that all or a portion of the money must be expended for veterans-related and behavioral health-related projects.

## 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_fin_2017a_20170424t133938z0__hearing_summary/17HouseFin0424AttachA.pdf)
2. **Amendment L.002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_fin_2017a_20170424t133938z0__hearing_summary/17HouseFin0424AttachB.pdf)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017a_hb1346_s_app_001.pdf)
4. **Engrossed (04/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1346_eng.pdf)
5. **Final Act (05/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1346_enr.pdf)
6. **Introduced (04/19/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1346_01.pdf)
7. **PA1 (04/26/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1346fin_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (05/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1346_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1346_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/09/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1346_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/25/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1346_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment B). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1346, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1346 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-2. — **11–2** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1346 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1346 to the Committee of the Whole. Consent calendar The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- This is a conceptual amendment. Amend printed bill, page 4, line two, after "veterans-related" insert "and behavioral-health related." The motion passed on a vote of 7-6. — **7–6** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Owen Hill — primary (person)
- Susan Lontine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-25T06:00:00+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 - 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`
- **2017-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/282cedc7-e311-45d6-9db2-fe30b4db9144`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).