republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-280.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending The Economic Development Commission"
description: "The bill extends the Colorado economic development commission (commission) by changing the repeal date of its organic statute to July 1, 2025. In addition, the bill authorizes the commission to transfer money appropriated to the commission to the Colorado economic development fund and to expend such money without further appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-280"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-280 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Thurlow", "Jack Tate", "Tracy Kraft-Tharp"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-03-31T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9193c34-2720-4053-b9f3-ed82650ecc27"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-280"
source_hash: "e3644c4e1019cae1d3d195f5bb680db91457bd99e3479a6e5a5cacce623c1df0"
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 17-280 (2017A) — Extending The Economic Development Commission

The bill extends the Colorado economic development commission (commission) by changing the repeal date of its organic statute to July 1, 2025. In addition, the bill authorizes the commission to transfer money appropriated to the commission to the Colorado economic development fund and to expend such money without further appropriation.

## 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_SB280_H_APP_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_280_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_280_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/31/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_280_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/25/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_280sapp_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_280_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/08/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_280_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_280_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/20/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_280_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 17-280 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 9-4. — **9–4** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-280, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.001 The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment J.001 The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-280 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 9-4. — **9–4** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-280 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 6-1. — **6–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dan Thurlow — primary (person)
- Jack Tate — primary (person)
- Tracy Kraft-Tharp — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2017-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor `introduction`
- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9193c34-2720-4053-b9f3-ed82650ecc27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).