republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-240.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Watershed Restoration Grant Program Stimulus"
description: "The act transfers $30 million from the general fund to the Colorado water conservation board construction fund and appropriates the money for use by the Colorado water conservation board (CWCB) to protect watersheds against the impacts of wildfires through the existing watershed restoration grant program and for conducting a statewide watershed analysis to investigate the susceptibility of life, safety, infrastructure, and water supplies to wildfire impacts. The CWCB can use up to 5% of the money to administer the grant program and up to 10% to provide technical engineering services to grantees. The CWCB is directed to:Spend up to $500,000 by December 31, 2022, to conduct the analysis; and"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-240"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-240 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cathy Kipp", "Cleave Simpson", "Jessie Danielson", "Marc Catlin"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-15T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6b51d3b-32bb-45fb-9476-7f9288521c1e"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-240"
source_hash: "651af60174b18982a3511695b19f78512a87f96f98351153ca119650757a37cc"
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 SB 21-240 (2021A) — Watershed Restoration Grant Program Stimulus

The act transfers $30 million from the general fund to the Colorado water conservation board construction fund and appropriates the money for use by the Colorado water conservation board (CWCB) to protect watersheds against the impacts of wildfires through the existing watershed restoration grant program and for conducting a statewide watershed analysis to investigate the susceptibility of life, safety, infrastructure, and water supplies to wildfire impacts. The CWCB can use up to 5% of the money to administer the grant program and up to 10% to provide technical engineering services to grantees. The CWCB is directed to:Spend up to $500,000 by December 31, 2022, to conduct the analysis; 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_sb240_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_240_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_240_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_240_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_240sapp_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (06/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_240app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_240_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_240_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_240_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_240_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **60–5** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
- Marc Catlin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Water `introduction`
- **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 Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6b51d3b-32bb-45fb-9476-7f9288521c1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).