republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1194.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Closed Landfills Remediation Local Governments Grants"
description: "The act creates the closed landfill remediation grant program (grant program) to help eligible local governments pay the costs of environmental remediation efforts and landfill management. On and after July 1, 2024, the department of public health and environment (department) is required to administer the grant program in accordance with rules promulgated by the solid and hazardous waste commission (commission) in the department. The department, in consultation with a 5-person advisory committee created in the act, may award grants from money in the closed landfill remediation grant program fund (fund), which fund is also created in the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1194"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1194 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Cleave Simpson", "Joann Ginal", "Rose Pugliese"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6a72c0a-daf8-4598-b25b-1e153e8cd2a7"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1194"
source_hash: "da8c62c5f6b58322ee74abfd28eb98fd2fe67f2aa72c00cb4bd70bcd21329cd6"
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 23-1194 (2023A) — Closed Landfills Remediation Local Governments Grants

The act creates the closed landfill remediation grant program (grant program) to help eligible local governments pay the costs of environmental remediation efforts and landfill management. On and after July 1, 2024, the department of public health and environment (department) is required to administer the grant program in accordance with rules promulgated by the solid and hazardous waste commission (commission) in the department. The department, in consultation with a 5-person advisory committee created in the act, may award grants from money in the closed landfill remediation grant program fund (fund), which fund is also created in the act.

## 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/2023a_hb1194_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1194_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1194_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1194_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1194_h_thl_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1194_h_thl_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1194_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1194_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1194_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1194_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **61–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Rose Pugliese — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6a72c0a-daf8-4598-b25b-1e153e8cd2a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).