---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limited Applicability Of St. Jude's Co. Water Case"
description: "In the case of St. Jude's Co. v. Roaring Fork Club, LLC, 351 P.3d 442 (Colo. 2015) ( St. Jude's Co. ), the Colorado supreme court held that direct diversions of water from a river to a private ditch for aesthetic, recreational, and piscatorial purposes on private property, without impoundment, are not beneficial uses of water under Colorado water law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1190"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1190 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerry Sonnenberg", "KC Becker K."]
version_count: 11
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f55b85be-3508-4bf4-8d9e-0ffbb2e7582b"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1190"
source_hash: "84261f0a36083d9dcfa3f4d6e8faac12119702360a8d43abb5b2808f1bff39a8"
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 HB 17-1190 (2017A) — Limited Applicability Of St. Jude's Co. Water Case

In the case of St. Jude's Co. v. Roaring Fork Club, LLC, 351 P.3d 442 (Colo. 2015) ( St. Jude's Co. ), the Colorado supreme court held that direct diversions of water from a river to a private ditch for aesthetic, recreational, and piscatorial purposes on private property, without impoundment, are not beneficial uses of water under Colorado water law.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment L.009** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/s_agr_2017a_20170420t133210z4__hearing_summary/170420%20AttachL.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017a_hb1190_s_agr_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (04/04/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1190_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (05/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1190_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (02/17/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1190_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (03/15/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1190ag_01.pdf)
7. **PA2 (04/21/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1190sagr_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1190_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/26/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1190_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/25/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1190_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/25/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1190_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.001. The motion passed on a vote of 8-5. — **8–5** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1190, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 8-5. — **8–5** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.002. The motion passed on a vote of 12-1. — **12–1** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.009. The motion passed on a vote of 6-5. — **6–5** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1190, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 7-4. — **7–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jerry Sonnenberg — primary (person)
- KC Becker K. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-25T06:00:00+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 President of the Senate
- **2017-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy `introduction`
- **2017-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2017-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/03/2017 - No Amendments
- **2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/28/2017 - No Amendments
- **2017-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/22/2017 - No Amendments
- **2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f55b85be-3508-4bf4-8d9e-0ffbb2e7582b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).