republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/sb-22-028.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Groundwater Compact Compliance Fund"
description: "The act creates the groundwater compact compliance and sustainability fund (fund) to help finance groundwater use reduction and sustainability efforts in the Rio Grande river basin and the Republican river basin, such as efforts to buy and retire irrigation wells and irrigated acreage in the river basins. The Colorado water conservation board (board) administers the fund and can make expenditures from the fund based on recommendations from the board of directors of the Rio Grande water conservation district or the Republican river water conservation district. A conservation district's recommendations must first be approved by the state engineer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-028"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-028 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleave Simpson", "Dylan Roberts", "Jerry Sonnenberg", "Marc Catlin"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/628908f0-7216-45c9-89ed-9b3c4d945090"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-028"
source_hash: "d9b27b43e6196ebb08d3a3d2a51650d7814fb97d7ea6df3453e54dcd18f60e99"
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 22-028 (2022A) — Groundwater Compact Compliance Fund

The act creates the groundwater compact compliance and sustainability fund (fund) to help finance groundwater use reduction and sustainability efforts in the Rio Grande river basin and the Republican river basin, such as efforts to buy and retire irrigation wells and irrigated acreage in the river basins. The Colorado water conservation board (board) administers the fund and can make expenditures from the fund based on recommendations from the board of directors of the Rio Grande water conservation district or the Republican river water conservation district. A conservation district's recommendations must first be approved by the state engineer.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_sb028_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/15/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_028_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_028_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_028_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/27/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_028_h_alw_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/27/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_028_h_alw_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/17/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_028_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_028_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/27/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_028_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/23/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_028_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Jerry Sonnenberg — primary (person)
- Marc Catlin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Water `introduction`
- **2022-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12T07:00:00+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/628908f0-7216-45c9-89ed-9b3c4d945090`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).