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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Study Strengthening Water Anti-speculation Law"
+description: "Current law specifies that an appropriation of water cannot be based on speculation. Speculation may be evidenced by either of the following:"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2020A"
+identifier: "SB 20-048"
+citation: "Colorado SB 20-048 (2020A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Don Coram", "Dylan Roberts", "Kerry Donovan", "Marc Catlin"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e143c8d4-fd15-4ad5-858e-f0de5ded2bd3"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-048"
+source_hash: "16d73e8f16094b429d20795f5851596aff6283d162fea9795304ebed62128230"
+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 20-048 (2020A) — Study Strengthening Water Anti-speculation Law
+
+Current law specifies that an appropriation of water cannot be based on speculation. Speculation may be evidenced by either of the following:
+
+## 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/2020a_sb048_h_raa_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (01/28/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_048_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (03/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_048_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_048_01.pdf)
+5. **Reengrossed (01/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_048_ren.pdf)
+6. **Rerevised (02/27/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_048_rer.pdf)
+7. **Revised (02/24/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_048_rev.pdf)
+8. **Signed Act (03/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_048_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
+- COW * — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Don Coram — primary (person)
+- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
+- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
+- Marc Catlin — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2020-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2020-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2020-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Rural Affairs & Agriculture Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Rural Affairs & Agriculture `introduction`
+- **2020-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-01-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e143c8d4-fd15-4ad5-858e-f0de5ded2bd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+