---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recreation Of The Colorado Water Institute"
description: "Colorado water institute recreation. The Colorado water institute was created in 1981 and automatically repealed in 2017. The act recreates the institute.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1015"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1015 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeni James Arndt", "Joann Ginal"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-02-20T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09569c91-1d35-4fdd-910e-d29b12d51966"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1015"
source_hash: "9e5c714844c641cc5b9417b45a9b81afe7160e01209eb9dc53d288007d16b2ef"
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 19-1015 (2019A) — Recreation Of The Colorado Water Institute

Colorado water institute recreation. The Colorado water institute was created in 1981 and automatically repealed in 2017. The act recreates the institute.(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. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_hb1015_s_agr_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1015_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (02/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1015_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1015_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1015rra_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (01/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1015_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (02/05/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1015_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (02/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1015_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (02/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1015_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **30–5** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **57–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeni James Arndt — primary (person)
- Joann Ginal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2019-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over to 01/23/2019 - No Amendments
- **2019-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-01-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Rural Affairs & Agriculture Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Rural Affairs & Agriculture `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09569c91-1d35-4fdd-910e-d29b12d51966`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).