---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tap Fees Imposed by Special Districts"
description: "A tap fee is a fee that is paid by a developer or property owner in order to connect a property to a public water or sewer system. State law allows the board (board) of any sanitation district, water and sanitation district, or water district to impose and set the amount of a tap fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1211"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1211 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Jeff Bridges", "Rebekah Stewart", "Sheila Lieder"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-09T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47b2ac84-207f-4c7e-b700-650f8e829892"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1211"
source_hash: "576707b41c3f77565bae78828d98510270f31e0b203cf4871bbac11da7eb4df2"
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 25-1211 (2025A) — Tap Fees Imposed by Special Districts

A tap fee is a fee that is paid by a developer or property owner in order to connect a property to a public water or sewer system. State law allows the board (board) of any sanitation district, water and sanitation district, or water district to impose and set the amount of a tap fee.

## 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_hb1211_s_lgh_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1211_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/06/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1211_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1211_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/27/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1211_h_thl_03.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/09/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1211_s_lgh_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/17/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1211_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1211_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1211_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/09/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1211_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **36–27** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **27–6** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **49–14** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **44–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Rebekah Stewart — primary (person)
- Sheila Lieder — primary (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2025-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2025-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing `introduction`
- **2025-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2025-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2025-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47b2ac84-207f-4c7e-b700-650f8e829892`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).