republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-038.md

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Bill	Reclaimed Water Use On Industrial Hemp	Water Resources Review Committee. The bill codifies rules promulgated by the water quality control commission (commission) of the Colorado department of public health and environment concerning allowable uses of reclaimed domestic wastewater, which is wastewater that has been treated for subsequent reuses other than drinking water. Section 3 of the bill defines 3 categories of water quality standards for reclaimed domestic wastewater, sets forth the allowable uses for each water quality standard category, and adds industrial hemp cultivation as an allowable use for reclaimed domestic wastewater when the industrial hemp is not used as a food crop. Section 3 also authorizes the commission to establish new categories of water quality standards and to recategorize any use of reclaimed domestic wastewater to a less stringent category of water quality standard. Section 3 also authorizes the division of administration in the department of public health and environment to grant variances for uses of reclaimed domestic wastewater. Sections 1, 2, and 4 make conforming amendments.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	SB 18-038	Colorado SB 18-038 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Daneya Esgar Don Coram Kerry Donovan Yeulin Willett	11	15	4	2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00	2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/06d4c50e-e3b3-424f-b730-418cab211ad2	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-038	8d56651091d4d907ad9af599318979273fa45d436e00bddd0218bfd0898b614e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 18-038 (2018A) — Reclaimed Water Use On Industrial Hemp

Water Resources Review Committee. The bill codifies rules promulgated by the water quality control commission (commission) of the Colorado department of public health and environment concerning allowable uses of reclaimed domestic wastewater, which is wastewater that has been treated for subsequent reuses other than drinking water. Section 3 of the bill defines 3 categories of water quality standards for reclaimed domestic wastewater, sets forth the allowable uses for each water quality standard category, and adds industrial hemp cultivation as an allowable use for reclaimed domestic wastewater when the industrial hemp is not used as a food crop. Section 3 also authorizes the commission to establish new categories of water quality standards and to recategorize any use of reclaimed domestic wastewater to a less stringent category of water quality standard. Section 3 also authorizes the division of administration in the department of public health and environment to grant variances for uses of reclaimed domestic wastewater. Sections 1, 2, and 4 make conforming amendments.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/11/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/15/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/10/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (01/19/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/25/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (05/02/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (04/12/2018) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (05/03/2018) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (05/02/2018) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (06/06/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• REPASS — 34–0 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 65–0 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 34–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
• Don Coram — primary (person)
• Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
• Yeulin Willett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2018-05-15T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-05-15T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources introduction
• 2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2018-01-18T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/06d4c50e-e3b3-424f-b730-418cab211ad2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).