---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tax Credit Agricultural Stewardship Practices"
description: "The act establishes a refundable state income tax credit for active qualified stewardship practices on a farm or ranch for income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, but before January 1, 2031. A qualified taxpayer may earn a state income tax credit equal to:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1249"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1249 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dylan Roberts", "Matthew Martinez", "Rod Pelton", "Ty Winter"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2355c649-49cd-498e-a16a-1718e60c26ce"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1249"
source_hash: "6adad8bcde02dff1f4d81f46003efeb54f4c13584e95d6991426ba3a3d3eefb7"
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 24-1249 (2024A) — Tax Credit Agricultural Stewardship Practices

The act establishes a refundable state income tax credit for active qualified stewardship practices on a farm or ranch for income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, but before January 1, 2031. A qualified taxpayer may earn a state income tax credit equal to:

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_hb1249_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1249_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/09/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1249_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1249_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1249_h_awn_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1249_h_awn_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1249_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1249_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1249_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/24/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1249_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **57–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Matthew Martinez — primary (person)
- Rod Pelton — primary (person)
- Ty Winter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 05/07/2024 - No Amendments
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2355c649-49cd-498e-a16a-1718e60c26ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).