republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1008.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Graywater Regulation Exemption For Scientific Research"
description: "Water Resources Review Committee. The water quality control commission in the department of public health and environment (commission) is responsible for developing requirements, prohibitions, and standards that protect public health and water quality for the use of graywater for nondrinking purposes. Scientific research on graywater that might involve graywater uses and systems that do not strictly comply with the requirements, prohibitions, and standards developed by the commission would not be permitted under the control regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1008"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1008 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeni Arndt", "Jerry Sonnenberg"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16e22b77-b06a-4d79-a423-e8ab44258459"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1008"
source_hash: "b6f45247e249eedb4e141403e737e227ad965263490d71851be5ecee165f2fa6"
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 HB 17-1008 (2017A) — Graywater Regulation Exemption For Scientific Research

Water Resources Review Committee. The water quality control commission in the department of public health and environment (commission) is responsible for developing requirements, prohibitions, and standards that protect public health and water quality for the use of graywater for nondrinking purposes. Scientific research on graywater that might involve graywater uses and systems that do not strictly comply with the requirements, prohibitions, and standards developed by the commission would not be permitted under the control regulations.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment L.001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_agr_2017a_20170315t095036z0__hearing_summary/170315%20AttachA.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017a_hb1008_s_agr_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (03/20/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1008_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (04/25/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1008_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (01/11/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1008_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (03/20/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1008agr_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/21/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1008_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/12/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1008_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/11/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1008_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/08/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1008_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1008 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-1. — **10–1** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.001. The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1008, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — **11–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jeni Arndt — primary (person)
- Jerry Sonnenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy `introduction`
- **2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16e22b77-b06a-4d79-a423-e8ab44258459`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).