republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-165.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Species Conservation Measures"
description: "For state fiscal year 2026-27, the act appropriates $5,000,000 from the species conservation trust fund (trust fund) in the state treasury for various wildlife conservation programs directed at conserving candidate species or species that are likely to become candidate species, as determined by the United States fish and wildlife service. The executive director of the Colorado department of natural resources, after consulting with the Colorado water conservation board, the parks and wildlife commission, and the director of the division of parks and wildlife, has submitted to the general assembly a list of programs and associated costs that are eligible to receive funding from the trust fund as follows:$2,380,000 for the upper Colorado river endangered fish recovery program and San Juan river basin recovery implementation program;$60,000 for Rio Grande native fish protection and habitat improvements;$60,000 for selenium management, research, monitoring, evaluation, and control;$1,250,000 for native terrestrial wildlife conservation; and$1,250,000 for native aquatic wildlife conservation. Trust fund money made available for native terrestrial wildlife conservation is not available for purposes of importing new wolves for reintroduction into the state for state fiscal year 2026-27.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 165"
citation: "Colorado SB 165 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources & Environment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Roberts", "K. McCormick", "M. Soper", "R. Pelton"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-04-16"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65f8e116-0319-4c34-9c09-133ba6bf002a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-165"
source_hash: "718065d33d93a71e04f889dbff10c054c666054388a88f0b549e55d0273bc3a7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado SB 165 (2026A) — Species Conservation Measures

For state fiscal year 2026-27, the act appropriates $5,000,000 from the species conservation trust fund (trust fund) in the state treasury for various wildlife conservation programs directed at conserving candidate species or species that are likely to become candidate species, as determined by the United States fish and wildlife service. The executive director of the Colorado department of natural resources, after consulting with the Colorado water conservation board, the parks and wildlife commission, and the director of the division of parks and wildlife, has submitted to the general assembly a list of programs and associated costs that are eligible to receive funding from the trust fund as follows:$2,380,000 for the upper Colorado river endangered fish recovery program and San Juan river basin recovery implementation program;$60,000 for Rio Grande native fish protection and habitat improvements;$60,000 for selenium management, research, monitoring, evaluation, and control;$1,250,000 for native terrestrial wildlife conservation; and$1,250,000 for native aquatic wildlife conservation. Trust fund money made available for native terrestrial wildlife conservation is not available for purposes of importing new wolves for reintroduction into the state for state fiscal year 2026-27.(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](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114803/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115510/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116615/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115565/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116223/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116084/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116827/download)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 26-165 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-165 to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer Senate Bill 26-165 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-165 to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Roberts — primary (person)
- K. McCormick — primary (person)
- M. Soper — primary (person)
- R. Pelton — primary (person)
- A. Flanell — cosponsor (person)
- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-29** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-05-22** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-13** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **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 with Amendments - Floor
- **2026-05-07** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-04** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-01** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2026-05-01** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-30** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-04-30** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-23** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-16** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65f8e116-0319-4c34-9c09-133ba6bf002a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).