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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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N. Hinrichsen
R. Pelton
T. Winter
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.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. Final Act (committee substitute) — source
  4. Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
  5. Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
  6. Revised (committee substitute) — source
  7. 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).