---
type: "Bill"
title: "Out-of-State Snowmobile Permit & Search Rescue Fee"
description: "The snowmobile recreation fund is used to, among other things, establish and maintain snowmobile trails and related facilities. A resident of Colorado who uses a snowmobile on publicly owned land must register the snowmobile and pay a fee, which is deposited in the snowmobile recreation fund. The act replaces a $5 per registration cap with a 17% cap on the amount of the fee that can be used for administration purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-056"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-056 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marc Snyder", "Nick Hinrichsen", "Perry Will", "Ron Weinberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-11T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d161f574-eece-45da-9d64-cd970e65c3f4"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-056"
source_hash: "eb64046369402379d702c76e7cc7fbe585ff880303eec76c48c600baf51cb4df"
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 24-056 (2024A) — Out-of-State Snowmobile Permit & Search Rescue Fee

The snowmobile recreation fund is used to, among other things, establish and maintain snowmobile trails and related facilities. A resident of Colorado who uses a snowmobile on publicly owned land must register the snowmobile and pay a fee, which is deposited in the snowmobile recreation fund. The act replaces a $5 per registration cap with a 17% cap on the amount of the fee that can be used for administration purposes.

## 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_sb056_h_thl_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_056_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_056_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/17/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_056_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_056_s_tra_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_056_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_056_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_056_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/11/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_056_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **60–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marc Snyder — primary (person)
- Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)
- Ron Weinberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`
- **2024-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d161f574-eece-45da-9d64-cd970e65c3f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).