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type: "Bill"
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title: "Determination of Town Abandonment"
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description: "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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2026A"
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identifier: "SB 157"
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citation: "Colorado SB 157 (2026A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Local Government", "State Government"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["M. Martinez", "N. Hinrichsen", "R. Pelton", "T. Winter"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-04-08"
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last_action: "2026-05-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1d797e3-a05f-4c0e-b60e-28be9f9a0c39"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-157"
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source_hash: "da9b6fab9c446f992bfb0ee9c8d4b3758bdfc79e574d3e8f66f672d1577f20a5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado SB 157 (2026A) — Determination of Town Abandonment
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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.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114270/download)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115341/download)
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3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116575/download)
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4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115423/download)
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5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116287/download)
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6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116288/download)
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7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116716/download)
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## Votes
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- Adopt amendment L.001 — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Refer Senate Bill 26-157, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Refer Senate Bill 26-157 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- J.001 — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- 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
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- Refer Senate Bill 26-157 to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- M. Martinez — primary (person)
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- N. Hinrichsen — primary (person)
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- R. Pelton — primary (person)
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- T. Winter — primary (person)
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- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
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- A. Flanell — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Soper — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-05-26** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-21** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2026-05-21** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-05-09** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-05-08** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2026-05-07** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2026-05-07** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2026-05-05** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-29** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`
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- **2026-04-29** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-04-28** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2026-04-28** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2026-04-22** Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-08** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1d797e3-a05f-4c0e-b60e-28be9f9a0c39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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