republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-041.md

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Bill	Authorize Water Use Incidental Sand And Gravel Mines	Water Resources Review Committee. Current law requires operators of sand and gravel open mines that expose groundwater to the atmosphere to obtain a well permit and either: A replacement plan approved by the ground water commission for designated groundwater; or a plan for augmentation approved by the water court or a plan of substitute supply approved by the state engineer for tributary groundwater. The bill specifies that the replacement plan (in section 1 of the bill) or the plan of substitute supply (in section 2 ) and the permit may authorize uses of water incidental to open mining for sand and gravel, including specifically (among other things) the mitigation of impacts from mining and dewatering.(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 18-041	Colorado SB 18-041 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Don Coram Jeni James Arndt Lori Saine Randy Baumgardner	9	12	2	2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00	2018-03-01T07:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a7e11b7e-8a97-46e7-b170-5b6af6b4495d	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-041	9c5168529a1ec3e6b0c71ba31760017f80dbd316dacd98d34476566f836544a5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 18-041 (2018A) — Authorize Water Use Incidental Sand And Gravel Mines

Water Resources Review Committee. Current law requires operators of sand and gravel open mines that expose groundwater to the atmosphere to obtain a well permit and either: A replacement plan approved by the ground water commission for designated groundwater; or a plan for augmentation approved by the water court or a plan of substitute supply approved by the state engineer for tributary groundwater. The bill specifies that the replacement plan (in section 1 of the bill) or the plan of substitute supply (in section 2 ) and the permit may authorize uses of water incidental to open mining for sand and gravel, including specifically (among other things) the mitigation of impacts from mining and dewatering.(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 (01/23/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (02/23/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/10/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (01/19/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (01/24/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (02/16/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (02/15/2018) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (03/01/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 63–0 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 33–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Don Coram — primary (person)
• Jeni James Arndt — primary (person)
• Lori Saine — primary (person)
• Randy Baumgardner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-03-01T07:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2018-02-23T07:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-02-23T07:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2018-02-22T07:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-02-16T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-02-15T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2018-02-12T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-01-26T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources introduction
• 2018-01-24T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-01-23T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2018-01-18T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 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/a7e11b7e-8a97-46e7-b170-5b6af6b4495d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).