---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Public Health and Environment Funds Usage Public Water Systems Grant Contracts"
description: "The act clarifies that, under current law, the department of public health and environment may use up to 10% of appropriated money to administer and manage project grants concerning public water systems and wastewater treatment works in small communities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "SB 25-203"
citation: "Colorado SB 25-203 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandi Bradley", "Marc Catlin", "Michael Carter", "Tony Exum"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/002a832f-1cf5-46e3-b865-aa940ab4adff"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-203"
source_hash: "12f133e934d4ac6b65d55d971771e989bac53ea494d7674fac4d8d96a013c3e5"
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 25-203 (2025A) — Department of Public Health and Environment Funds Usage Public Water Systems Grant Contracts

The act clarifies that, under current law, the department of public health and environment may use up to 10% of appropriated money to administer and manage project grants concerning public water systems and wastewater treatment works in small communities.

## 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_sb203_h_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_203_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/06/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_203_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/21/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_203_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_203_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_203_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/24/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_203_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/31/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_203_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brandi Bradley — primary (person)
- Marc Catlin — primary (person)
- Michael Carter — primary (person)
- Tony Exum — primary (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **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
- **2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **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 - No Amendments
- **2025-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/002a832f-1cf5-46e3-b865-aa940ab4adff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).