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type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities Hearsay Exception"
description: "Under current law, there is an exception to the hearsay rule for a person with an intellectual and developmental disability if the out-of-court statement relates to certain specified crimes. Current law also provides increased penalties if certain crimes are committed against at-risk persons. The bill clarifies that the hearsay exception applies if the defendant is charged under the increased penalties for crimes against at-risk persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-024"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-024 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Young", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53e343c8-e19e-4152-a583-fdc013893d85"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-024"
source_hash: "f3907ebbcc27becc6cae4c2239b2f541cc6e0cb0912e4a3675f46e4e8281b868"
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 SB 17-024 (2017A) — Clarify Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities Hearsay Exception
Under current law, there is an exception to the hearsay rule for a person with an intellectual and developmental disability if the out-of-court statement relates to certain specified crimes. Current law also provides increased penalties if certain crimes are committed against at-risk persons. The bill clarifies that the hearsay exception applies if the defendant is charged under the increased penalties for crimes against at-risk persons.
## 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_SB024_H_JUD_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/30/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_024_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/22/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_024_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/11/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_024_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (01/31/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_024_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/15/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_024_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/14/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_024_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/30/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_024_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- Refer Senate Bill 17-024 to the Committee of the Whole, with a recommendation that it placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **50** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-024 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — **110** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Dave Young — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/53e343c8-e19e-4152-a583-fdc013893d85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).