---
type: "Bill"
title: "Study Strengthening Water Anti-speculation Law"
description: "Current law specifies that an appropriation of water cannot be based on speculation. Speculation may be evidenced by either of the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-048"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-048 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Coram", "Dylan Roberts", "Kerry Donovan", "Marc Catlin"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e143c8d4-fd15-4ad5-858e-f0de5ded2bd3"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-048"
source_hash: "16d73e8f16094b429d20795f5851596aff6283d162fea9795304ebed62128230"
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 20-048 (2020A) — Study Strengthening Water Anti-speculation Law

Current law specifies that an appropriation of water cannot be based on speculation. Speculation may be evidenced by either of the following:

## 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_sb048_h_raa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/28/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_048_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_048_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_048_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (01/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_048_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (02/27/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_048_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (02/24/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_048_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_048_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Kerry Donovan — 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`
- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Rural Affairs & Agriculture Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Rural Affairs & Agriculture `introduction`
- **2020-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e143c8d4-fd15-4ad5-858e-f0de5ded2bd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).