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Bill	Refinance Water Pollution Control Program	Current law finances the state's water quality program with a mix of general fund money and fees that are paid by sources that discharge pollutants into the state's waters. Section 2 of the bill raises the fees and establishes goals for future adjustments of the ratio of revenue from fees and the general fund as follows:	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	HB 17-1285	Colorado HB 17-1285 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Cheri Jahn Diane Mitsch Bush John Cooke Polly Lawrence	11	17	10	2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00	2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/429eaadc-49bb-419c-adb3-b7d719fc5e75	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1285	40ef3b0be16ab6024b19aed8eaaba2dea3853a6a94e5c82fe4d6c1b6b89b75dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 17-1285 (2017A) — Refinance Water Pollution Control Program

Current law finances the state's water quality program with a mix of general fund money and fees that are paid by sources that discharge pollutants into the state's waters. Section 2 of the bill raises the fees and establishes goals for future adjustments of the ratio of revenue from fees and the general fund as follows:

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.003 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (04/25/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Act (05/24/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced (03/21/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA1 (04/25/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA2 (05/02/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (04/26/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (05/09/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (05/08/2017) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (06/05/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt amendment J.001 The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1285 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0. — 12–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1285, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-1. — 12–1 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1285 to the Committee on Finance. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1285 to the Committee of the Whole and consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1285, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.002 The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1285 to the Committee on Finance. The motion passed on a vote of 4-0, with one excused. — 4–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment E). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment J.002 The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Cheri Jahn — primary (person)
• Diane Mitsch Bush — primary (person)
• John Cooke — primary (person)
• Polly Lawrence — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-05-22T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-05-09T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2017-05-09T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-08T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2017-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2017-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Finance referral-committee
• 2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction
• 2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2017-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-04-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Unamended to Finance referral-committee
• 2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/429eaadc-49bb-419c-adb3-b7d719fc5e75. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).