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type: "Bill"
title: "Automated Driving Motor Vehicles"
description: "The bill declares that the regulation of automated driving systems is a matter of statewide concern, and, therefore, local authorities are prohibited from setting different standards for these systems than for human drivers. The use of automated driving systems is authorized if the system is capable of conforming to every state and federal law applying to driving. If not, a person testing a system is required to obtain approval from the Colorado state patrol and the Colorado department of transportation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-213"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-213 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominick Moreno", "Faith Winter", "Jeff Bridges", "Owen Hill"]
version_count: 18
action_count: 19
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2017-03-07T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-01T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b74186f1-9f5b-4521-b35b-9b757ffb31df"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-213"
source_hash: "088371e05f5302f46420ab201b0ac2ab091e008988b911712911d79c00649a66"
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 17-213 (2017A) — Automated Driving Motor Vehicles
The bill declares that the regulation of automated driving systems is a matter of statewide concern, and, therefore, local authorities are prohibited from setting different standards for these systems than for human drivers. The use of automated driving systems is authorized if the system is capable of conforming to every state and federal law applying to driving. If not, a person testing a system is required to obtain approval from the Colorado state patrol and the Colorado department of transportation.
## 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/s_tra_2017a_20170316t100409z1__hearing_summary/17SenateTran0316AttachB.pdf)
2. **Amendment L.002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/s_tra_2017a_20170316t100409z1__hearing_summary/17SenateTran0316AttachC.pdf)
3. **Amendment L.003** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/s_tra_2017a_20170316t100409z1__hearing_summary/17SenateTran0316AttachD.pdf)
4. **Amendment L.012** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_tra_2017a_20170329t133302z2__hearing_summary/170329%20AttachH.pdf)
5. **Amendment L.016** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_tra_2017a_20170329t133302z2__hearing_summary/170329%20AttachI.pdf)
6. **Amendment L.017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_tra_2017a_20170329t133302z2__hearing_summary/170329%20AttachJ.pdf)
7. **Amendment L.018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_tra_2017a_20170329t133302z2__hearing_summary/170329%20AttachK.pdf)
8. **Amendment L.019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_tra_2017a_20170329t133302z2__hearing_summary/170329%20AttachL.pdf)
9. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_SB213_H_TRA_001.pdf)
10. **Engrossed (03/21/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_213_eng.pdf)
11. **Final Act (05/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_213_enr.pdf)
12. **Introduced (03/07/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_213_01.pdf)
13. **PA1 (03/17/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_213stra_01.pdf)
14. **PA2 (03/30/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_213te_01.pdf)
15. **Reengrossed (03/22/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_213_ren.pdf)
16. **Rerevised (04/04/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_213_rer.pdf)
17. **Revised (04/03/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_213_rev.pdf)
18. **Signed Act (06/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_213_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment C). The motion passed without objection. — **00** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.018 (Attachment K). The motion passed without objection. — **00** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment D). The motion failed on a vote of 1-4. — **14** (fail) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.017 (Attachment J). The motion passed without objection. — **00** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt the first report od the first conference committee on SB 17-213 (Attachment A). The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **50** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-213, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-1. — **121** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.019 (Attachment L). The motion passed without objection. — **00** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-213, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **50** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment B). The motion passed without objection. — **00** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.016 (Attachment I). The motion passed without objection. — **00** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.012 (Attachment H). The motion passed without objection. — **00** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Owen Hill — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2017-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
- **2017-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2017-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **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, Floor `reading-2`
- **2017-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 04/03/2017 - No Amendments
- **2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b74186f1-9f5b-4521-b35b-9b757ffb31df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).