republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1289.md

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Bill	State Engineer Rules Historical Consumptive Use	When a water right owner wishes to change a water right–whether a temporary loan or change approved by the state engineer or a permanent change approved by a water judge–the determination of the amount of water that can be loaned or changed relies on a calculation of the historical consumptive use of the water right. The bill directs the state engineer to promulgate rules that take into account local conditions that an applicant can use to calculate historical consumptive use. The results of the calculation carry no presumptive weight before the state engineer, water referee, or water judge.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	HB 17-1289	Colorado HB 17-1289 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Chris Hansen Don Coram Donald Valdez Larry Crowder	10	15	3	2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00	2017-05-22T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d1aa3c8f-6c13-47da-b274-324dc9349c86	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1289	63acb85d902fb24b9fe8f8f340230ac879832dd67ffc6694e290df2b003ddad3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 17-1289 (2017A) — State Engineer Rules Historical Consumptive Use

When a water right owner wishes to change a water right–whether a temporary loan or change approved by the state engineer or a permanent change approved by a water judge–the determination of the amount of water that can be loaned or changed relies on a calculation of the historical consumptive use of the water right. The bill directs the state engineer to promulgate rules that take into account local conditions that an applicant can use to calculate historical consumptive use. The results of the calculation carry no presumptive weight before the state engineer, water referee, or water judge.

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 (04/20/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Act (05/19/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced (03/23/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA1 (05/03/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (04/21/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (05/08/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (05/05/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (05/22/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer House Bill 17-1289, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. Consent Calendar. — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1289 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 7-6. — 7–6 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.003. The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Chris Hansen — primary (person)
• Don Coram — primary (person)
• Donald Valdez — primary (person)
• Larry Crowder — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-22T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-05-22T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-05-19T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-05-19T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-05-09T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2017-05-08T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
• 2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy introduction
• 2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
• 2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d1aa3c8f-6c13-47da-b274-324dc9349c86. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).