---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal Fee Cap On-site Wastewater Treatment System"
description: "Current law requires that a local board of health set the permit fee for an on-site wastewater treatment system permit in an amount to recover the actual direct and indirect costs associated with the permit and sets a $1,000 cap on the fee. The act repeals the dollar limitation on the fee. Upon request, the local board of health shall provide a permittee with a statement that specifies how the permit fee amount was calculated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1094"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1094 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Coram", "Jeni James Arndt", "Joann Ginal", "Marc Catlin"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3edc9da2-4c1d-4eb7-a48e-cae5477c8745"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1094"
source_hash: "ee009cf7861c8ba6568b972daa30f9558e2565f40c3555d30430cc71d79567dc"
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 20-1094 (2020A) — Repeal Fee Cap On-site Wastewater Treatment System

Current law requires that a local board of health set the permit fee for an on-site wastewater treatment system permit in an amount to recover the actual direct and indirect costs associated with the permit and sets a $1,000 cap on the fee. The act repeals the dollar limitation on the fee. Upon request, the local board of health shall provide a permittee with a statement that specifies how the permit fee amount was calculated.

## 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/2020a_hb1094_s_agr_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1094_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1094_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1094_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/31/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1094rur_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1094_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (02/26/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1094_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (02/25/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1094_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1094_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **50–13** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **25–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Jeni James Arndt — primary (person)
- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Marc Catlin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2020-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2020-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Rural Affairs & Agriculture Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13T07:00:00+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/3edc9da2-4c1d-4eb7-a48e-cae5477c8745`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).