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type: "Bill"
title: "Lump-sum Compensation For Exonerated Persons"
description: "Current law requires the state to compensate persons who were wrongly convicted of crimes and subsequently incarcerated. Such compensation is paid in annual payments of $100,000 until the state's duty of compensation is satisfied. The bill allows an exonerated person to elect to receive the remaining balance of the state's duty of compensation in a lump sum by:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-125"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-125 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Pabon", "Lucia Guzman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c36c45c-3fe7-4810-a841-8e5eecd447af"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-125"
source_hash: "21a9a35118e7d47c20c284359c7aa27e228b51802cf441feb0a4fc3fa6d3cbea"
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 17-125 (2017A) — Lump-sum Compensation For Exonerated Persons
Current law requires the state to compensate persons who were wrongly convicted of crimes and subsequently incarcerated. Such compensation is paid in annual payments of $100,000 until the state's duty of compensation is satisfied. The bill allows an exonerated person to elect to receive the remaining balance of the state's duty of compensation in a lump sum by:
## 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_SB125_H_JUD_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/22/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_125_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_125_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_125_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/23/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_125_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/21/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_125_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/20/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_125_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/04/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_125_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- Refer Senate Bill 17-125 to the Committee on Finance. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **50** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-125 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0. — **100** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-125 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **50** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Dan Pabon — primary (person)
- Lucia Guzman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/20/2017 - No Amendments
- **2017-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary + Finance `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c36c45c-3fe7-4810-a841-8e5eecd447af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).