republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1219.md

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Bill	Extend Colorado Water Conservation Board Fallowing And Leasing Pilot Program	The Colorado water conservation board (board) administers a pilot program to demonstrate the practice of fallowing agricultural irrigation land and leasing the associated water rights for temporary municipal, agricultural, environmental, industrial, or recreational use. Under the current pilot program, the board, in consultation with the state engineer, may authorize up to 10 pilot projects, each of a duration up to 10 years. Of the 10 pilot projects that the board may authorize, no more than 3 pilot projects may be located in any one of the following major river basins: The South Platte river basin; the Arkansas river basin; the Rio Grande river basin; and the Colorado river basin. An applicant must apply on or before December 31, 2018, to sponsor a pilot project. The pilot program is scheduled to be completed in 2029, at which time the board, in consultation with the state engineer, is required to provide a final report to the water resources review committee, or its successor committee, on the results of the pilot projects authorized.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	HB 17-1219	Colorado HB 17-1219 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Barbara McLachlan Jeni Arndt Kerry Donovan Larry Crowder	8	13	2	2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00	2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/cced0a88-a9b7-4512-b553-b3941c759b7a	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1219	db4e8b9454d33b4f9c6d9068945e8f86b51c0db9990555efb0d53639d2c7f4b5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 17-1219 (2017A) — Extend Colorado Water Conservation Board Fallowing And Leasing Pilot Program

The Colorado water conservation board (board) administers a pilot program to demonstrate the practice of fallowing agricultural irrigation land and leasing the associated water rights for temporary municipal, agricultural, environmental, industrial, or recreational use. Under the current pilot program, the board, in consultation with the state engineer, may authorize up to 10 pilot projects, each of a duration up to 10 years. Of the 10 pilot projects that the board may authorize, no more than 3 pilot projects may be located in any one of the following major river basins: The South Platte river basin; the Arkansas river basin; the Rio Grande river basin; and the Colorado river basin. An applicant must apply on or before December 31, 2018, to sponsor a pilot project. The pilot program is scheduled to be completed in 2029, at which time the board, in consultation with the state engineer, is required to provide a final report to the water resources review committee, or its successor committee, on the results of the pilot projects authorized.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/28/2017) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (04/25/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/02/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (03/29/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (04/12/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (04/11/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (05/03/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer House Bill 17-1219 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 9-4. — 9–4 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1219 to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — 11–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
• Jeni Arndt — primary (person)
• Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
• Larry Crowder — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-03T06:00:00+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 - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy introduction
• 2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/28/2017 - No Amendments
• 2017-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cced0a88-a9b7-4512-b553-b3941c759b7a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).