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| Bill | Determination of Town Abandonment | The act allows for a county, a landowner in the town, or a registered elector in the town to apply to the secretary of state (secretary) to determine a town is abandoned when a town:Has no board of trustees or town clerk;Is unable to hold an election; andOwns or operates infrastructure critical for the treatment or delivery of water to residents. The act authorizes the department of public health and environment to transfer up to $100,000 from the small communities water and wastewater grant fund to the department of public safety to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of a town's water system if an application for abandonment of the town has been filed with the secretary and the town has a water system that is failing or is likely to fail.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) | us/states/co | Colorado General Assembly | 2026A | SB 157 | Colorado SB 157 (2026A) |
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7 | 15 | 7 | 2026-04-08 | 2026-05-26 | openstates | ocd-bill/d1d797e3-a05f-4c0e-b60e-28be9f9a0c39 | https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-157 | da9b6fab9c446f992bfb0ee9c8d4b3758bdfc79e574d3e8f66f672d1577f20a5 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Colorado SB 157 (2026A) — Determination of Town Abandonment
The act allows for a county, a landowner in the town, or a registered elector in the town to apply to the secretary of state (secretary) to determine a town is abandoned when a town:Has no board of trustees or town clerk;Is unable to hold an election; andOwns or operates infrastructure critical for the treatment or delivery of water to residents. The act authorizes the department of public health and environment to transfer up to $100,000 from the small communities water and wastewater grant fund to the department of public safety to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of a town's water system if an application for abandonment of the town has been filed with the secretary and the town has a water system that is failing or is likely to fail.(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.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Final Act (committee substitute) — source
- Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
- Revised (committee substitute) — source
- Signed Act (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Adopt amendment L.001 — pass (pass) · upper
- BILL — pass (pass) · lower
- Refer Senate Bill 26-157, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-157 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
- J.001 — pass (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-157, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-157 to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- M. Martinez — primary (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — primary (person)
- R. Pelton — primary (person)
- T. Winter — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Flanell — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Soper — cosponsor (person)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-05-26 Governor Signed
executive-signature - 2026-05-21 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-05-21 Signed by the Speaker of the House
passage - 2026-05-21 Signed by the President of the Senate
passage - 2026-05-09 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2026-05-08 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- 2026-05-07 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- 2026-05-07 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
committee-passage, referral-committee - 2026-05-05 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to Appropriations
referral-committee - 2026-04-29 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government
introduction - 2026-04-29 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2026-04-28 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- 2026-04-28 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
committee-passage - 2026-04-22 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Appropriations
referral-committee - 2026-04-08 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing
introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d1d797e3-a05f-4c0e-b60e-28be9f9a0c39. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).