---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Personal Property Tax Exemptions"
description: "Section 1 of the act clarifies that personal property used in direct connection with the operation of a greenhouse for the sole purpose of growing crops in the greenhouse to obtain a monetary profit from the wholesale of plant-based food for human or livestock consumption is included in the definition of equipment used in a controlled environment agricultural (CEA) facility and is thus exempt pursuant to the exemption for such agricultural equipment, which exemption is permanently extended to all future property tax years in section 2 of the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024B"
identifier: "HB 24B-1003"
citation: "Colorado HB 24B-1003 (2024B)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Junie Joseph", "Kevin Priola", "Mark Baisley", "Matt Soper"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-08-26T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-09-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae342aad-986f-4448-aff0-44bd15633c68"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24b-1003"
source_hash: "95b217325d4b780063fac7c2893ae65889246f07b339b265c88ae52052723f77"
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 24B-1003 (2024B) — Business Personal Property Tax Exemptions

Section 1 of the act clarifies that personal property used in direct connection with the operation of a greenhouse for the sole purpose of growing crops in the greenhouse to obtain a monetary profit from the wholesale of plant-based food for human or livestock consumption is included in the definition of equipment used in a controlled environment agricultural (CEA) facility and is thus exempt pursuant to the exemption for such agricultural equipment, which exemption is permanently extended to all future property tax years in section 2 of the act.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed (08/27/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024B/bills/2024b_1003_en2.pdf)
2. **Final Act (08/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024B/bills/2024b_1003_enr.pdf)
3. **Introduced (08/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024B/bills/2024b_1003_01.pdf)
4. **PA1 (08/27/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024B/bills/2024b_1003_h_app_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (08/28/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024B/bills/2024b_1003_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (08/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024B/bills/2024b_1003_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (08/28/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024B/bills/2024b_1003_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (09/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024b_1003_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **47–16** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **26–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Junie Joseph — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Mark Baisley — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-08-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-08-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-08-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2024-08-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-08-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-08-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae342aad-986f-4448-aff0-44bd15633c68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).