republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-117.md

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Bill	Recognize Industrial Hemp Agricultural Product For Agricultural Water Right	In Colorado, water subject to a water right may be used for the purpose for which the water is decreed. The bill confirms that a person with an absolute or conditional water right decreed for agricultural use may use the water subject to the water right for the growth or cultivation of industrial hemp if the person is registered by the department of agriculture to grow industrial hemp for commercial or research and development purposes.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	SB 17-117	Colorado SB 17-117 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Don Coram Donald Valdez Marc Catlin	10	15	3	2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00	2017-05-21T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b3cffbd1-cdeb-4a81-91ac-a0be8e262c8c	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-117	83354469b9770030ac5b082b4866bc238890a2273be1cb7c8b4d442343ede414	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 17-117 (2017A) — Recognize Industrial Hemp Agricultural Product For Agricultural Water Right

In Colorado, water subject to a water right may be used for the purpose for which the water is decreed. The bill confirms that a person with an absolute or conditional water right decreed for agricultural use may use the water subject to the water right for the growth or cultivation of industrial hemp if the person is registered by the department of agriculture to grow industrial hemp for commercial or research and development purposes.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.001 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (03/21/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Act (05/01/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced (01/27/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA1 (03/16/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (03/22/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (04/24/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (04/21/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (05/21/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt amendment L.001. The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-117 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0. — 12–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-117, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 9-2. — 9–2 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Don Coram — primary (person)
• Donald Valdez — primary (person)
• Marc Catlin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-21T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2017-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - 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
• 2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2017-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-03-15T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b3cffbd1-cdeb-4a81-91ac-a0be8e262c8c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).