republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-261.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "2013 Flood Recovery Account And Transfer"
description: "Joint Budget Committee. The bill creates the 2013 flood recovery account in the disaster emergency fund. On July 1, 2017, the state treasurer is required to transfer $12.5 million from the general fund to the account. The account consists of money from this transfer and any money that the general assembly appropriates to the account in the future. Money in the account is only available for the governor to use for the costs associated with the response and recovery from the flood that occurred in the state in 2013. The account is repealed on June 30, 2021, at which time the state treasurer will transfer any remaining balance back to the general fund.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-261"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-261 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Young", "Kevin Lundberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bbfaaa1-57dd-4cdc-97f4-bc5206f45c1f"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-261"
source_hash: "bc02a6c398393b6c6bf3096eebdbcead8a6eda849d5a2c3d644319267c743106"
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 17-261 (2017A) — 2013 Flood Recovery Account And Transfer

Joint Budget Committee. The bill creates the 2013 flood recovery account in the disaster emergency fund. On July 1, 2017, the state treasurer is required to transfer $12.5 million from the general fund to the account. The account consists of money from this transfer and any money that the general assembly appropriates to the account in the future. Money in the account is only available for the governor to use for the costs associated with the response and recovery from the flood that occurred in the state in 2013. The account is repealed on June 30, 2021, at which time the state treasurer will transfer any remaining balance back to the general fund.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

## 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_sb261_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/29/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_261_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_261_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_261_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/30/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_261_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_261_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_261_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_261_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 17-261 to the Committee of the Whole and consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-261 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dave Young — primary (person)
- Kevin Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2017-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bbfaaa1-57dd-4cdc-97f4-bc5206f45c1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).