republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-285.md

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Bill	Energy And Carbon Management Regulation In Colorado	Effective July 1, 2023, the act changes the name of the oil and gas conservation commission to the energy and carbon management commission (commission) and expands the commission's regulatory authority to include the authority to regulate a broader scope of energy and carbon management areas beyond oil and gas. The act also changes the name of the oil and gas conservation and environmental response fund to the energy and carbon management cash fund (fund) and allows the fund to also be used by the commission for the purposes of administering the expanded regulatory areas.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	SB 23-285	Colorado SB 23-285 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Chris Hansen Karen McCormick Kevin Priola Ruby Dickson	11	16	4	2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00	2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/27982b19-99af-4e23-92e2-d34451fa27d9	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-285	bdcfa0e1ba901bc38d16c08c4df726d5d6d181a3b1b64e8dab4adb4e44a5e9c9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 23-285 (2023A) — Energy And Carbon Management Regulation In Colorado

Effective July 1, 2023, the act changes the name of the oil and gas conservation commission to the energy and carbon management commission (commission) and expands the commission's regulatory authority to include the authority to regulate a broader scope of energy and carbon management areas beyond oil and gas. The act also changes the name of the oil and gas conservation and environmental response fund to the energy and carbon management cash fund (fund) and allows the fund to also be used by the commission for the purposes of administering the expanded regulatory areas.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/24/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/10/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/17/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/19/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/24/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (05/02/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (04/25/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (05/06/2023) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (05/03/2023) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (05/22/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 25–10 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 45–20 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• REPASS — 25–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris Hansen — primary (person)
• Karen McCormick — primary (person)
• Kevin Priola — primary (person)
• Ruby Dickson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-05-09T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2023-05-06T06:00:00+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, Floor
• 2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment introduction
• 2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/27982b19-99af-4e23-92e2-d34451fa27d9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).