---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Water Wastewater Facility Operators Certification Board"
description: "The act implements the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies in its sunset review of the water and wastewater facility operators certification board by:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1215"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1215 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alex Valdez", "Meg Froelich", "Mike Foote"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-30T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-11T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e96b08d3-7bce-4e85-ae79-82d68feaebce"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1215"
source_hash: "4908bbb33aeb4c98c8d6d77fcff33fbf32c1e35d28fbc8398f3289633dbf4a8d"
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 20-1215 (2020A) — Sunset Water Wastewater Facility Operators Certification Board

The act implements the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies in its sunset review of the water and wastewater facility operators certification board by:

## 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_hb1215_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/21/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1215_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1215_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1215_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/21/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1215app_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (06/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1215sapp_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/27/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1215_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/05/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1215_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1215_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (07/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1215_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **60–3** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **52–11** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **63–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alex Valdez — primary (person)
- Meg Froelich — primary (person)
- Mike Foote — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-11T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2020-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2020-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2020-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2020-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e96b08d3-7bce-4e85-ae79-82d68feaebce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).