republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-258.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Using Open Educational Resources In Higher Education"
description: "Joint Budget Committee. The bill creates the open educational resources council (council) in the department of higher education (department). The council includes persons appointed by the executive director of the department from public institutions of higher education, the executive director of the department, the commissioner of education, and the state librarian."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-258"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-258 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Kevin Lundberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68545b3c-2686-4c0f-92df-8b2fe855deb5"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-258"
source_hash: "70c35c79f5c9596371d3f2edc607405826191aff97e5684545ffbb3efce7c3f0"
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 17-258 (2017A) — Using Open Educational Resources In Higher Education

Joint Budget Committee. The bill creates the open educational resources council (council) in the department of higher education (department). The council includes persons appointed by the executive director of the department from public institutions of higher education, the executive director of the department, the commissioner of education, and the state librarian.

## 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_sb258_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/29/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_258_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_258_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_258_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/30/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_258_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_258_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_258_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/03/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_258_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 17-258 to the Committee of the Whole and consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment that first committee report of the first conference committee on SB 258 was adopted. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-258 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-1. — **12–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
- Kevin Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-03T06:00:00+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
- **2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2017-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Reengrossed w/ Amendments
- **2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2017-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **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 with Amendments - Floor
- **2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `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/68545b3c-2686-4c0f-92df-8b2fe855deb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).