republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/hb-20-1143.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environmental Justice And Projects Increase Environmental Fines"
description: "Current state law sets the maximum civil fine for most air quality violations at $15,000 per day and most water quality violations at $10,000 per day, but federal law allows the federal environmental protection agency to assess higher maximum daily fines per violation. Sections 1 and 2 of the act raise the maximum fine to $47,357 per day for air quality violations and $54,833 per day for water quality violations and direct the air quality control commission and the water quality control commission in the department of public health and environment to annually adjust the maximum fine based on changes in the consumer price index. Section 2 also extends the repeal date for the water quality improvement fund to September 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1143"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1143 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominique Jackson", "Faith Winter", "Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e383eaa2-af3a-42b3-a9ca-13d086f6d3e6"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1143"
source_hash: "afe90bdfa6295fbb06cbe26ca618b929cb300b3c90af91712e1699aa91e097fb"
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 20-1143 (2020A) — Environmental Justice And Projects Increase Environmental Fines

Current state law sets the maximum civil fine for most air quality violations at $15,000 per day and most water quality violations at $10,000 per day, but federal law allows the federal environmental protection agency to assess higher maximum daily fines per violation. Sections 1 and 2 of the act raise the maximum fine to $47,357 per day for air quality violations and $54,833 per day for water quality violations and direct the air quality control commission and the water quality control commission in the department of public health and environment to annually adjust the maximum fine based on changes in the consumer price index. Section 2 also extends the repeal date for the water quality improvement fund to September 1, 2025.

## 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/2020a_hb1143_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (06/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1143_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1143_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/17/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1143_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1143ee_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1143fin.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (06/05/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1143_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1143_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1143_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (07/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1143_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **40–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dominique Jackson — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2020-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2020-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment + Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e383eaa2-af3a-42b3-a9ca-13d086f6d3e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).