---
type: "Bill"
title: "Study Green Infrastructure for Water Quality Management"
description: "The act requires the university of Colorado and Colorado state university, in collaboration with the division of administration (division) in the department of public health and environment (department), to:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-037"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-037 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleave Simpson", "Jeff Bridges", "Karen McCormick", "Mike Lynch"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf7cfad4-f46e-4729-8d64-eb60372b66eb"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-037"
source_hash: "49860e9f490add5f0ba1c18a18c422861ee04b48ec444e5819717b3a27be0c8d"
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 24-037 (2024A) — Study Green Infrastructure for Water Quality Management

The act requires the university of Colorado and Colorado state university, in collaboration with the division of administration (division) in the department of public health and environment (department), 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_sb037_h_app_005.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_037_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_037_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_037_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_037_s_agr_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_037_s_agr_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/17/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_037_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_037_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_037_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/24/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_037_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **57–7** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Karen McCormick — primary (person)
- Mike Lynch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2024-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10T07:00:00+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/bf7cfad4-f46e-4729-8d64-eb60372b66eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).