---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government Landfill Methane Emission Reduction Regulations"
description: "The act:Allows the department of public health and environment (department) to expend money from the community impact cash fund to provide grants for municipal solid waste landfill methane emission reduction projects;Requires the environmental justice advisory board to prioritize a grant request from a local government that owns or operates a municipal solid waste landfill over a grant request from a private entity that owns or operates a municipal solid waste landfill;Requires an entity that receives money from the department to use the money as supplemental funding only; andAmends the definition of 'disproportionately impacted community'.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 101"
citation: "Colorado SB 101 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources & Environment", "Public Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Pelton", "C. Richardson", "D. Roberts", "M. Lukens"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 13
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b26bc76a-dfa3-4478-b5b7-f9af4de499ea"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-101"
source_hash: "ed76b25d9a75ee3fdcffdc673347d909cbc94898dc0a3a2b24a28b583c62007c"
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 101 (2026A) — Local Government Landfill Methane Emission Reduction Regulations

The act:Allows the department of public health and environment (department) to expend money from the community impact cash fund to provide grants for municipal solid waste landfill methane emission reduction projects;Requires the environmental justice advisory board to prioritize a grant request from a local government that owns or operates a municipal solid waste landfill over a grant request from a private entity that owns or operates a municipal solid waste landfill;Requires an entity that receives money from the department to use the money as supplemental funding only; andAmends the definition of 'disproportionately impacted community'.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111844/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114845/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115667/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114906/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115525/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115456/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116672/download)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.002 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer Senate Bill 26-101 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.001 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-101, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Pelton — primary (person)
- C. Richardson — primary (person)
- D. Roberts — primary (person)
- M. Lukens — primary (person)
- A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Flanell — cosponsor (person)
- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
- C. Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Woog — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
- G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Soper — cosponsor (person)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
- T. Winter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-21** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-05-04** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-30** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-29** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-04-28** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-20** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`
- **2026-04-20** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-17** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2026-04-16** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/17/2026 - No Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b26bc76a-dfa3-4478-b5b7-f9af4de499ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).