republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1082.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Rights Easements"
description: "Property - rights-of-way and ditches - extent of right-of-way. The act clarifies that a ditch right-of-way, unless expressly inconsistent with the terms upon which the right-of-way was created, includes the right to construct, operate, clean, maintain, repair, and replace the ditch, to improve the efficiency of the ditch, including by lining or piping the ditch, and to enter onto the burdened property for such purposes, with access to the ditch banks, as the exigencies then existing may require, for all reasonable and necessary purposes related to the ditch.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1082"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1082 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Coram", "Donald Valdez", "Marc Catlin"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d61fee5-99e3-4ece-a8a4-ab997e3156c7"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1082"
source_hash: "70a5e422a5396a7b2a8b012fd3b490d232a5f78f25135792435a8aa3208793e0"
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 19-1082 (2019A) — Water Rights Easements

Property - rights-of-way and ditches - extent of right-of-way. The act clarifies that a ditch right-of-way, unless expressly inconsistent with the terms upon which the right-of-way was created, includes the right to construct, operate, clean, maintain, repair, and replace the ditch, to improve the efficiency of the ditch, including by lining or piping the ditch, and to enter onto the burdened property for such purposes, with access to the ditch banks, as the exigencies then existing may require, for all reasonable and necessary purposes related to the ditch.(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. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_hb1082_s_agr_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1082_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1082_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1082_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1082raa_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (02/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1082sagr_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (01/31/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1082_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (02/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1082_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (02/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1082_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (03/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1082_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **50–12** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **59–3** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **50–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Donald Valdez — primary (person)
- Marc Catlin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 03/01/2019
- **2019-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 02/27/2019
- **2019-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2019-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-01-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Rural Affairs & Agriculture Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Rural Affairs & Agriculture `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d61fee5-99e3-4ece-a8a4-ab997e3156c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).