republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/hb-20-1159.md

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Bill	State Engineer Confirm Existing Use Instream Flow	Current law specifies that the Colorado water conservation board's appropriation of water for instream flow purposes is subject to existing uses and exchanges of water. The act directs the state engineer, in administering current law, to confirm a claim of an existing use or exchange if the use or exchange has not previously been confirmed by court order or decree. The person making the claim may also seek confirmation by the water judge.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2020A	HB 20-1159	Colorado HB 20-1159 (2020A)	bill		enacted	Don Coram Dylan Roberts Kerry Donovan Marc Catlin	8	13	2	2020-01-21T07:00:00+00:00	2020-04-01T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5005fbe5-cc17-4627-833d-efb32600b3f0	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1159	49bd3f791681256cdff4cf433ffacc180124029d114f0c7e301e2c568ba2627b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 20-1159 (2020A) — State Engineer Confirm Existing Use Instream Flow

Current law specifies that the Colorado water conservation board's appropriation of water for instream flow purposes is subject to existing uses and exchanges of water. The act directs the state engineer, in administering current law, to confirm a claim of an existing use or exchange if the use or exchange has not previously been confirmed by court order or decree. The person making the claim may also seek confirmation by the water judge.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (02/14/2020) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (03/17/2020) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/21/2020) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (02/18/2020) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (03/04/2020) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (03/03/2020) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (04/01/2020) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 31–1 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 63–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Don Coram — primary (person)
• Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
• Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
• Marc Catlin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-04-01T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2020-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-03-03T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2020-02-27T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2020-02-20T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources introduction
• 2020-02-18T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-14T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2020-02-13T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2020-02-10T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Rural Affairs & Agriculture Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-01-21T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Rural Affairs & Agriculture introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5005fbe5-cc17-4627-833d-efb32600b3f0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).