Technical Changes to Energy & Carbon Management Statutes
Current law requires the energy and carbon management commission (commission) to adopt rules to require certification for welders working on oil and gas process lines, including rules that require passing an exam. The act changes the reference to the welder exam from 'the International Code Council Exam F31, national standard journeyman mechanical, or an analogous successor exam', which is not applicable to welders, to certain other examinations that are applicable to welders in the oil and gas industry. In certain instances, the act changes 'oil and gas operations' to 'energy and carbon management operations' to ensure uniformity of terminology and to align statutory references to 'operations' to those operations that are within the scope of the commission's regulatory authority.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Colorado HB 1303 (2026A) — Technical Changes to Energy & Carbon Management Statutes
Current law requires the energy and carbon management commission (commission) to adopt rules to require certification for welders working on oil and gas process lines, including rules that require passing an exam. The act changes the reference to the welder exam from 'the International Code Council Exam F31, national standard journeyman mechanical, or an analogous successor exam', which is not applicable to welders, to certain other examinations that are applicable to welders in the oil and gas industry. In certain instances, the act changes 'oil and gas operations' to 'energy and carbon management operations' to ensure uniformity of terminology and to align statutory references to 'operations' to those operations that are within the scope of the commission's regulatory authority.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Refer House Bill 26-1303 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
Refer House Bill 26-1303 to the Committee of the Wholeand with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
Sponsors
B. Bradley — primary (person)
C. Espenoza — primary (person)
J. Rich — primary (person)
M. Ball — primary (person)
M. Carter — primary (person)
M. Catlin — primary (person)
T. Exum — primary (person)
J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2026-05-05 Governor Signed executive-signature
2026-04-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
2026-04-28 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
2026-04-28 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
2026-04-07 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
2026-04-06 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
2026-03-31 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
2026-03-19 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
2026-03-16 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
2026-03-13 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
2026-03-12 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
2026-02-27 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/44188e6a-6a22-49a2-a46f-efbf851fd433. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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