---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conservation Easement Income Tax Credit"
description: "The act extends the conservation easement oversight commission (commission) and the certified holder program indefinitely."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-126"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-126 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "Meghan Lukens", "Mike Lynch", "Perry Will"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-06T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4dcc926-e325-45a8-bfa7-93057edbc538"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-126"
source_hash: "aa50b237a4f3910618d3ecca3cdab89b29de4f64839ac451aab2bd3ec28fec68"
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 24-126 (2024A) — Conservation Easement Income Tax Credit

The act extends the conservation easement oversight commission (commission) and the certified holder program indefinitely.

## 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_sb126_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_126_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_126_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_126_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_126_s_agr_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_126_s_agr_fin_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_126_s_agr_fin_app_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (04/24/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_126_h_awn_01.pdf)
9. **PA5 (04/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_126_h_awn_fin_01.pdf)
10. **PA6 (05/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_126_h_awn_fin_app_01.pdf)
11. **Reengrossed (04/17/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_126_ren.pdf)
12. **Rerevised (05/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_126_rer.pdf)
13. **Revised (05/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_126_rev.pdf)
14. **Signed Act (05/20/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_126_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **55–7** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Meghan Lukens — primary (person)
- Mike Lynch — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Finance `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`
- **2024-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06T07:00:00+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/f4dcc926-e325-45a8-bfa7-93057edbc538`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).