republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1233.md

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Bill	Protect Water Historical Consumptive Use Analysis	When a water right owner wishes to change a water right, the amount of water that can be changed is limited to the historical consumptive use of the water right. Current law provides that the reduced water usage that results from participation in a government-sponsored water conservation program will not be considered in analyzing the historical consumptive use of the water right, but only in water divisions 4, 5, or 6. The bill applies this rule statewide, includes water conservation pilot programs, and limits state agencies that can approve a water conservation program to only those that have explicit statutory jurisdiction over water conservation or water rights.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	HB 17-1233	Colorado HB 17-1233 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Jeni Arndt Larry Crowder	8	14	2	2017-03-07T07:00:00+00:00	2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/636afd36-f9e5-4216-b26f-fdd5154c9b5f	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1233	c4e1622a635d90684f5d1e03ce6e2ca52407eef12c75a30aec282162fcd3657a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 17-1233 (2017A) — Protect Water Historical Consumptive Use Analysis

When a water right owner wishes to change a water right, the amount of water that can be changed is limited to the historical consumptive use of the water right. Current law provides that the reduced water usage that results from participation in a government-sponsored water conservation program will not be considered in analyzing the historical consumptive use of the water right, but only in water divisions 4, 5, or 6. The bill applies this rule statewide, includes water conservation pilot programs, and limits state agencies that can approve a water conservation program to only those that have explicit statutory jurisdiction over water conservation or water rights.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/23/2017) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (04/27/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/07/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (03/24/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (04/12/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (04/11/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (05/03/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer House Bill 17-1233 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 8-5. — 8–5 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1233 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 6-5. — 6–5 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Jeni Arndt — primary (person)
• Larry Crowder — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 04/17/2017
• 2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-2
• 2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy introduction
• 2017-03-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2017-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-03-07T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/636afd36-f9e5-4216-b26f-fdd5154c9b5f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).