republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/sb-20-048.md

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Bill	Study Strengthening Water Anti-speculation Law	Current law specifies that an appropriation of water cannot be based on speculation. Speculation may be evidenced by either of the following:	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2020A	SB 20-048	Colorado SB 20-048 (2020A)	bill		enacted	Don Coram Dylan Roberts Kerry Donovan Marc Catlin	8	13	3	2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00	2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e143c8d4-fd15-4ad5-858e-f0de5ded2bd3	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-048	16d73e8f16094b429d20795f5851596aff6283d162fea9795304ebed62128230	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 20-048 (2020A) — Study Strengthening Water Anti-speculation Law

Current law specifies that an appropriation of water cannot be based on speculation. Speculation may be evidenced by either of the following:

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (01/28/2020) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (03/04/2020) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/08/2020) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (01/29/2020) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (02/27/2020) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (02/24/2020) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (03/11/2020) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 64–0 (pass) · lower
• COW * — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 33–0 (pass) · upper

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.

• 2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2020-03-03T07:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-02-27T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-26T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2020-02-24T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2020-02-20T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Rural Affairs & Agriculture Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-01-31T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Rural Affairs & Agriculture introduction
• 2020-01-29T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-01-28T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2020-01-23T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e143c8d4-fd15-4ad5-858e-f0de5ded2bd3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).