republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1226.md

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Bill	More Robust Check Station Aquatic Nuisance Species	Current law allows qualified peace officers to stop a conveyance, including a boat trailer and a boat, and inspect the conveyance for the presence of aquatic nuisance species before the boat is launched onto waters of the state and before departing from the waters of the state or a vessel staging area, and to impound and quarantine a conveyance that is contaminated until it is decontaminated. Authorized agents can detain and inspect conveyances but cannot impound or quarantine conveyances.Section 1 of the act directs the division of parks and wildlife in the department of natural resources to investigate the methods that other states are using with respect to the location and operation of check stations and report regarding its investigation and the operation of check stations pursuant to the act to the general assembly's committees with jurisdiction over wildlife.Section 2 authorizes a qualified peace officer to stop and inspect for the presence of aquatic nuisance species a conveyance that has encountered an aquatic nuisance species check station.Section 3 prohibits a person who encounters a check station from knowingly or willfully failing or refusing to stop at the check station while transporting a conveyance during the check station's hours of operation without presenting the conveyance for inspection and specifies that doing so is a civil infraction with a $100 fine.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	HB 21-1226	Colorado HB 21-1226 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Daneya Esgar Don Coram Kerry Donovan Perry Will	9	15	2	2021-03-18T06:00:00+00:00	2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/eef93410-b83d-4f12-9251-e99648fc24f9	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1226	655167f2aabab465cee5d2568151dba16ac0792290be170dfa7c609e5f6c4d12	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 21-1226 (2021A) — More Robust Check Station Aquatic Nuisance Species

Current law allows qualified peace officers to stop a conveyance, including a boat trailer and a boat, and inspect the conveyance for the presence of aquatic nuisance species before the boat is launched onto waters of the state and before departing from the waters of the state or a vessel staging area, and to impound and quarantine a conveyance that is contaminated until it is decontaminated. Authorized agents can detain and inspect conveyances but cannot impound or quarantine conveyances.Section 1 of the act directs the division of parks and wildlife in the department of natural resources to investigate the methods that other states are using with respect to the location and operation of check stations and report regarding its investigation and the operation of check stations pursuant to the act to the general assembly's committees with jurisdiction over wildlife.Section 2 authorizes a qualified peace officer to stop and inspect for the presence of aquatic nuisance species a conveyance that has encountered an aquatic nuisance species check station.Section 3 prohibits a person who encounters a check station from knowingly or willfully failing or refusing to stop at the check station while transporting a conveyance during the check station's hours of operation without presenting the conveyance for inspection and specifies that doing so is a civil infraction with a $100 fine.(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
2. Engrossed (04/15/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/11/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/18/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/15/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (04/19/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/05/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (05/04/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (05/20/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 62–1 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
• Don Coram — primary (person)
• Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
• Perry Will — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources introduction
• 2021-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
• 2021-03-18T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Water introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eef93410-b83d-4f12-9251-e99648fc24f9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).