republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-230.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modify Laws Drilling Units Pooling Orders"
description: "Current law authorizes 'forced' or 'statutory' pooling, a process by which any interested person–typically an oil and gas operator–may apply to the Colorado oil and gas conservation commission (commission) for an order to pool oil and gas resources located within a particularly identified drilling unit. After giving notice to interested parties and holding a hearing, the commission can adopt an order to require an owner of oil and gas resources within the drilling unit who has not consented to the application (nonconsenting owner) to allow an oil and gas operator to produce the oil and gas within the drilling unit notwithstanding the owners lack of consent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-230"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-230 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lori Saine", "Matt Gray", "Vicki Marble"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-01T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b56901c-1627-481c-a542-1cad8f19eb64"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-230"
source_hash: "66b27a8f0597267cf64965551624041cd11801614cb449b317b6ba45aefa1af8"
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 18-230 (2018A) — Modify Laws Drilling Units Pooling Orders

Current law authorizes 'forced' or 'statutory' pooling, a process by which any interested person–typically an oil and gas operator–may apply to the Colorado oil and gas conservation commission (commission) for an order to pool oil and gas resources located within a particularly identified drilling unit. After giving notice to interested parties and holding a hearing, the commission can adopt an order to require an owner of oil and gas resources within the drilling unit who has not consented to the application (nonconsenting owner) to allow an oil and gas operator to produce the oil and gas within the drilling unit notwithstanding the owners lack of consent.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_sb230_h_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_230_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_230_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_230_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_230sa_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/24/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_230_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_230_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_230_rv2.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_230_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–1** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- REPASS — **28–6** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **19–16** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · lower
- CONCUR — **32–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lori Saine — primary (person)
- Matt Gray — primary (person)
- Vicki Marble — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/23/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/19/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b56901c-1627-481c-a542-1cad8f19eb64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).