republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/sb-22-208.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Condemned Conservation Easement Property Compensation"
description: "The act specifies that if property encumbered by a conservation easement in gross is condemned through an eminent domain proceeding, and, as a result of the condemnation, the condemning authority is acquiring such property free and clear of the conservation easement interest or subordinating the deed of conservation easement to such acquired property interest, just compensation must be determined based on the value of the property as if unencumbered by the conservation easement in gross. The compensation must be allocated between the fee owner and the holder of the conservation easement based upon the value of their respective interests in the property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-208"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-208 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleave Simpson", "Dylan Roberts", "Faith Winter", "Mike Lynch"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-04-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03825d4d-63c6-463c-81df-8fb04f8003f3"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-208"
source_hash: "7e33e26104122ec6cfc5ccc6cb1181aaf8bda18c30a1b174fc6823b598f6f53d"
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 22-208 (2022A) — Condemned Conservation Easement Property Compensation

The act specifies that if property encumbered by a conservation easement in gross is condemned through an eminent domain proceeding, and, as a result of the condemnation, the condemning authority is acquiring such property free and clear of the conservation easement interest or subordinating the deed of conservation easement to such acquired property interest, just compensation must be determined based on the value of the property as if unencumbered by the conservation easement in gross. The compensation must be allocated between the fee owner and the holder of the conservation easement based upon the value of their respective interests in the property.

## 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_sb208_h_fin_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_208_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_208_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_208_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_208_h_fin_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/27/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_208_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_208_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_208_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/07/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_208_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- PERM — **60–3** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Mike Lynch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `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 Finance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03825d4d-63c6-463c-81df-8fb04f8003f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).