republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1220.md

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Bill	Study Republican River Groundwater Economic Impact	In 1942, Colorado entered into an interstate compact (compact) with Nebraska and Kansas regarding the allocation of water from the Republican river basin (basin). Colorado ratified the compact in 1943. In 2016, Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas signed a resolution (resolution) regarding a dispute about Colorado's compliance with the compact, through which resolution and its amendment Colorado agreed to retire 25,000 acres of irrigated acreage in the basin by 2029.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	HB 23-1220	Colorado HB 23-1220 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Byron Pelton Karen McCormick Richard Holtorf Rod Pelton	9	16	2	2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00	2023-06-03T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c4c17c9e-419d-45e1-872e-6c2408ae9da2	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1220	5e4d6d72b1f166b6d1a2662a8ce094c081d79fa14b11c449a21860694c6cb863	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 23-1220 (2023A) — Study Republican River Groundwater Economic Impact

In 1942, Colorado entered into an interstate compact (compact) with Nebraska and Kansas regarding the allocation of water from the Republican river basin (basin). Colorado ratified the compact in 1943. In 2016, Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas signed a resolution (resolution) regarding a dispute about Colorado's compliance with the compact, through which resolution and its amendment Colorado agreed to retire 25,000 acres of irrigated acreage in the basin by 2029.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (05/03/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/17/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/27/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/21/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (05/05/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/08/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (05/06/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (06/03/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 65–0 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Byron Pelton — primary (person)
• Karen McCormick — primary (person)
• Richard Holtorf — primary (person)
• Rod Pelton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-03T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations introduction
• 2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c4c17c9e-419d-45e1-872e-6c2408ae9da2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).