SB 22-028 CO

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The act creates the groundwater compact compliance and sustainability fund (fund) to help finance groundwater use reduction and sustainability efforts in the Rio Grande river basin and the Republican river basin, such as efforts to buy and retire irrigation wells and irrigated acreage in the river basins. The Colorado water conservation board (board) administers the fund and can make expenditures from the fund based on recommendations from the board of directors of the Rio Grande water conservation district or the Republican river water conservation district. A conservation district's recommendations must first be approved by the state engineer. For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, $60 million is appropriated from the economic recovery and relief cash fund to the fund and, on August 15, 2024, up to $20 million of any unobligated money in the fund is transferred to the water plan implementation account, which account the board administers to finance efforts to help accomplish critical actions identified in the state water plan. The board and any recipient of money from the fund or the account must comply with the compliance, reporting, record-keeping, and program evaluation requirements that the office of state planning and budgeting and the state controller establish for use of money allocated to the state pursuant to the "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021". (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

• Cleave Simpson Republican · primary
• Jerry Sonnenberg · primary
• Dylan Roberts Democratic · primary
• Marc Catlin Republican · primary

1. May 23, 2022 Governor Signed · executive
2. May 16, 2022 Sent to the Governor · executive
3. May 16, 2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
4. May 16, 2022 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
5. May 4, 2022 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass · upper
6. May 2, 2022 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily · upper
7. Apr 29, 2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
8. Apr 28, 2022 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
9. Apr 27, 2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · lower
10. Apr 27, 2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
11. Apr 21, 2022 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Refer Amended to Appropriations · lower
12. Feb 17, 2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Water · lower
13. Feb 17, 2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
14. Feb 16, 2022 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · upper
15. Feb 15, 2022 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
16. Feb 10, 2022 Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
17. Jan 12, 2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources · upper

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Signed Act (05/23/2022) · PDF
• Final Act (05/16/2022) · PDF
• Rerevised (04/29/2022) · PDF
• Revised (04/27/2022) · PDF
• Reengrossed (02/17/2022) · PDF
• Engrossed (02/15/2022) · PDF
• Introduced (01/12/2022) · PDF
• PA1 (04/27/2022) · PDF
• PA2 (04/27/2022) · PDF
• Committee Amendment · PDF