---
type: "Bill"
title: "Study Biochar In Plugging Of Oil And Gas Wells"
description: "The act creates the biochar in oil and gas well plugging working advisory group (work group) in the oil and gas conservation commission (commission)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1069"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1069 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Amabile", "Karen McCormick", "Kevin Priola", "Lisa Cutter"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-19T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-18T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ad1cccb-7a37-431a-820e-c46508e6cdec"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1069"
source_hash: "80007c0603ea23061933d7f22d8920c1696683665991832c460172d791af7365"
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 23-1069 (2023A) — Study Biochar In Plugging Of Oil And Gas Wells

The act creates the biochar in oil and gas well plugging working advisory group (work group) in the oil and gas conservation commission (commission).

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_hb1069_s_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1069_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1069_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1069_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1069_h_ene_02.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1069_h_ene_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1069_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1069_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1069_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1069_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **44–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **23–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
- Karen McCormick — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - No Amendments
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ad1cccb-7a37-431a-820e-c46508e6cdec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).