republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/sb-22-114.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire Suppression Ponds Water Rights"
description: "The act allows a board of county commissioners (board), in consultation with its fire protection district or fire authority, to apply to the state engineer for the designation of a pond as a fire suppression pond. The director of the division of fire prevention and control (director) in the department of public safety is required to promulgate rules to establish criteria for boards, in consultation with fire protection districts or fire authorities, to use to identify and evaluate potential fire suppression ponds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-114"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-114 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Hisey", "Dylan Roberts", "Marc Catlin", "Tammy Story"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-03T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d10cd25a-37fa-487b-ac16-a8716e5c7076"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-114"
source_hash: "6111072bd0541e9f016bb342a843b7f8755aaf21af2763dab004e29e05b78707"
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 22-114 (2022A) — Fire Suppression Ponds Water Rights

The act allows a board of county commissioners (board), in consultation with its fire protection district or fire authority, to apply to the state engineer for the designation of a pond as a fire suppression pond. The director of the division of fire prevention and control (director) in the department of public safety is required to promulgate rules to establish criteria for boards, in consultation with fire protection districts or fire authorities, to use to identify and evaluate potential fire suppression ponds.

## 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_sb114_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/30/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_114_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_114_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_114_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_114_s_agr_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_114_s_agr_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_114_h_alw_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (05/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_114_h_alw_app_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (04/01/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_114_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_114_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (05/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_114_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (06/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_114_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **56–9** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **31–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dennis Hisey — primary (person)
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Marc Catlin — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Water `introduction`
- **2022-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2022-02-03T07:00:00+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/d10cd25a-37fa-487b-ac16-a8716e5c7076`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).