republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1268.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Study Emerging Technologies For Water Management"
description: "The act declares that new technologies, such as blockchain, telemetry, improved sensors, and advanced aerial observation platforms, can improve monitoring, management, conservation, and allocation of water to fulfill obligations under Colorado water law and enhance confidence in the reliability of data underlying water rights transactions. To advance the potential use of these new technologies, the act:Authorizes and directs the university of Colorado and Colorado state university, in collaboration with the Colorado water institute at Colorado state university, to conduct feasibility studies and pilot deployments of these new technologies to improve water management in Colorado; and"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1268"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1268 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brianna Titone", "Chris Hansen", "Cleave Simpson", "Perry Will"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-18T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c67e5d79-0263-4203-9533-a0221f194cc4"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1268"
source_hash: "07f5fac1bf606d6e6598befc438f410de2553bd43eaa38a05dd101d3624dfb7a"
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 21-1268 (2021A) — Study Emerging Technologies For Water Management

The act declares that new technologies, such as blockchain, telemetry, improved sensors, and advanced aerial observation platforms, can improve monitoring, management, conservation, and allocation of water to fulfill obligations under Colorado water law and enhance confidence in the reliability of data underlying water rights transactions. To advance the potential use of these new technologies, the act:Authorizes and directs the university of Colorado and Colorado state university, in collaboration with the Colorado water institute at Colorado state university, to conduct feasibility studies and pilot deployments of these new technologies to improve water management in Colorado; and

## 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_hb1268_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1268_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1268_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/09/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1268_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1268alw_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1268app.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1268_rn2.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1268_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1268_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1268_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brianna Titone — primary (person)
- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-18T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Water `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c67e5d79-0263-4203-9533-a0221f194cc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).