republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-115.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expand Law Enforcement Exception Sexual Material"
description: "Under current law there is an exception to the crime of possession of sexually exploitative material for peace officers while in the performance of their duties. The bill expands the exception to a prosecutor, criminal investigator, crime analyst, or other individual who is employed by a law enforcement agency or district attorney's office and who performs or assists in investigative duties that may involve sexually exploitative materials and a defendant's attorney and any employee of the attorney or person retained by the attorney who assists in a case involving sexually exploitative materials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-115"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-115 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Cooke", "Mike Foote", "Yeulin Willett"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-04-18T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54f20938-f306-4e4d-b3a6-a69b8b1bd378"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-115"
source_hash: "2ee9279d0f4daddbefee04bdf6216354abfd9bac7dc455b1faba9b5e47ed60cd"
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 17-115 (2017A) — Expand Law Enforcement Exception Sexual Material

Under current law there is an exception to the crime of possession of sexually exploitative material for peace officers while in the performance of their duties. The bill expands the exception to a prosecutor, criminal investigator, crime analyst, or other individual who is employed by a law enforcement agency or district attorney's office and who performs or assists in investigative duties that may involve sexually exploitative materials and a defendant's attorney and any employee of the attorney or person retained by the attorney who assists in a case involving sexually exploitative materials.

## 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_jud_2017a_20170330t144012z0__hearing_summary/17HouseJud0330AttachC.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_SB115_H_JUD_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (02/09/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_115_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (04/13/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_115_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (01/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_115_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (03/31/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_115jud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_115_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/04/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_115_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/03/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_115_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_115_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 17-115 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
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment C). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-115, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — **11–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Mike Foote — primary (person)
- Yeulin Willett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **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 with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2017-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-27T07:00:00+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/54f20938-f306-4e4d-b3a6-a69b8b1bd378`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).