--- type: "Bill" title: "Determination of Town Abandonment" description: "The act allows for a county, a landowner in the town, or a registered elector in the town to apply to the secretary of state (secretary) to determine a town is abandoned when a town:Has no board of trustees or town clerk;Is unable to hold an election; andOwns or operates infrastructure critical for the treatment or delivery of water to residents. The act authorizes the department of public health and environment to transfer up to $100,000 from the small communities water and wastewater grant fund to the department of public safety to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of a town's water system if an application for abandonment of the town has been filed with the secretary and the town has a water system that is failing or is likely to fail.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)" jurisdiction: "us/states/co" legislature: "Colorado General Assembly" session: "2026A" identifier: "SB 157" citation: "Colorado SB 157 (2026A)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Local Government", "State Government"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["M. Martinez", "N. Hinrichsen", "R. Pelton", "T. Winter"] version_count: 7 action_count: 15 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2026-04-08" last_action: "2026-05-26" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1d797e3-a05f-4c0e-b60e-28be9f9a0c39" source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-157" source_hash: "da9b6fab9c446f992bfb0ee9c8d4b3758bdfc79e574d3e8f66f672d1577f20a5" 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 157 (2026A) — Determination of Town Abandonment The act allows for a county, a landowner in the town, or a registered elector in the town to apply to the secretary of state (secretary) to determine a town is abandoned when a town:Has no board of trustees or town clerk;Is unable to hold an election; andOwns or operates infrastructure critical for the treatment or delivery of water to residents. The act authorizes the department of public health and environment to transfer up to $100,000 from the small communities water and wastewater grant fund to the department of public safety to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of a town's water system if an application for abandonment of the town has been filed with the secretary and the town has a water system that is failing or is likely to fail.(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/114270/download) 2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115341/download) 3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116575/download) 4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115423/download) 5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116287/download) 6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116288/download) 7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116716/download) ## Votes - Adopt amendment L.001 — **pass** (pass) · upper - BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower - Refer Senate Bill 26-157, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper - Refer Senate Bill 26-157 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper - J.001 — **pass** (pass) · upper - Refer Senate Bill 26-157, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper - Refer Senate Bill 26-157 to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - M. Martinez — primary (person) - N. Hinrichsen — primary (person) - R. Pelton — primary (person) - T. Winter — primary (person) - A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person) - A. Flanell — cosponsor (person) - B. Marshall — cosponsor (person) - B. Titone — cosponsor (person) - C. Kipp — cosponsor (person) - E. Sirota — cosponsor (person) - J. Bacon — cosponsor (person) - J. Bridges — cosponsor (person) - J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person) - J. Carson — cosponsor (person) - J. Coleman — cosponsor (person) - J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person) - J. Marchman — cosponsor (person) - J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person) - J. Phillips — cosponsor (person) - K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person) - L. Liston — cosponsor (person) - M. Carter — cosponsor (person) - M. Catlin — cosponsor (person) - M. Duran — cosponsor (person) - M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person) - M. Soper — cosponsor (person) - N. Ricks — cosponsor (person) - R. Keltie — cosponsor (person) - T. Mauro — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2026-05-26** Governor Signed `executive-signature` - **2026-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt` - **2026-05-21** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage` - **2026-05-21** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage` - **2026-05-09** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3` - **2026-05-08** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments - **2026-05-07** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments - **2026-05-07** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2026-05-05** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee` - **2026-04-29** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction` - **2026-04-29** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3` - **2026-04-28** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee - **2026-04-28** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage` - **2026-04-22** Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee` - **2026-04-08** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing `introduction` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1d797e3-a05f-4c0e-b60e-28be9f9a0c39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).