---
type: "Bill"
title: "Geologic Storage Enterprise & Geothermal Resources"
description: "The act creates the geologic storage stewardship enterprise (enterprise) in the department of natural resources (department) for the purpose of:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1165"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1165 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paschal", "Cathy Kipp", "Cleave Simpson", "Matt Soper"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-03T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-27T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63111539-1636-440e-a184-5a59136e4d31"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1165"
source_hash: "6b6c1a0d4e40a1f92f0ef3008f74aef6ac7c9f462d24b9074809ae5bc450ee87"
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 25-1165 (2025A) — Geologic Storage Enterprise & Geothermal Resources

The act creates the geologic storage stewardship enterprise (enterprise) in the department of natural resources (department) for the purpose of:

## 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/2025a_hb1165_s_tra_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1165_en2.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1165_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1165_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1165_h_ene_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1165_s_tra_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1165_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/04/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1165_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1165_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/27/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1165_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **42–22** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **44–18** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **41–21** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **28–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Amy Paschal — primary (person)
- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2025-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2025-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2025-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2025-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2025-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63111539-1636-440e-a184-5a59136e4d31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).