republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1180.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Measures To Increase Biomass Utilization"
description: "The act requires the state forest service, at the discretion of the state forester, to implement a biomass utilization grant program (program) by awarding up to $2.5 million in grants to demonstrate the utilization of biomass throughout the state for purposes such as wildfire prevention and mitigation, increased biomass energy generation, and agricultural biochar. The forest service, at the discretion of the state forester, may administer the program with money from the healthy forests and vibrant communities fund and with any gifts, grants, and donations received.On or before March 1, 2023, and on or before March 1 in each year that the forest service awards one or more grants under the program, the state forest service shall submit a report summarizing the grant recipients' projects to the governor and the legislative committees with jurisdiction over agriculture and natural resources matters.The program is scheduled for sunset review in 2026.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1180"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1180 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Coram", "Donald Valdez", "Perry Will"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9be67ea-aa0a-4060-8e20-aedb645e8fab"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1180"
source_hash: "4cba67d4553c68d7a9bc2e3bad155a8a931b195f0279f92e016ec578abb73dfb"
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 21-1180 (2021A) — Measures To Increase Biomass Utilization

The act requires the state forest service, at the discretion of the state forester, to implement a biomass utilization grant program (program) by awarding up to $2.5 million in grants to demonstrate the utilization of biomass throughout the state for purposes such as wildfire prevention and mitigation, increased biomass energy generation, and agricultural biochar. The forest service, at the discretion of the state forester, may administer the program with money from the healthy forests and vibrant communities fund and with any gifts, grants, and donations received.On or before March 1, 2023, and on or before March 1 in each year that the forest service awards one or more grants under the program, the state forest service shall submit a report summarizing the grant recipients' projects to the governor and the legislative committees with jurisdiction over agriculture and natural resources matters.The program is scheduled for sunset review in 2026.(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/2021a_hb1180_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1180_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1180_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1180_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1180sagr_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1180_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1180_rr2.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1180_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (07/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1180_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **31–4** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **52–10** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **55–8** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **50–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Donald Valdez — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2021-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9be67ea-aa0a-4060-8e20-aedb645e8fab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).