---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board Meeting Dates Southwestern Water Conservation District"
description: "The board of the southwestern water conservation district (board) is currently required to meet on the fourth Tuesday of January, April, July, and October. Section 1 of the bill requires the board to meet once every 3 months and eliminates the specific date requirement. Section 2 makes conforming amendments to the provisions governing the terms of board members and of the board president.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-176"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-176 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Don Coram", "Marc Catlin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78cc25ad-6ace-44d4-8ef9-3e9471633e46"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-176"
source_hash: "fe79404eebf0cb416f4d09c3ec6cf2852d05ec3a5a57a4ec39103595b3b8a477"
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 18-176 (2018A) — Board Meeting Dates Southwestern Water Conservation District

The board of the southwestern water conservation district (board) is currently required to meet on the fourth Tuesday of January, April, July, and October. Section 1 of the bill requires the board to meet once every 3 months and eliminates the specific date requirement. Section 2 makes conforming amendments to the provisions governing the terms of board members and of the board president.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

## 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/documents/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_sb176_h_agr_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_176_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_176_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/21/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_176_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_176_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_176_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_176_rev.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Marc Catlin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over to 04/02/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over to 03/29/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over to 03/28/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/26/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/23/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 03/08/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78cc25ad-6ace-44d4-8ef9-3e9471633e46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).