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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Study Republican River Groundwater Economic Impact"
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description: "In 1942, Colorado entered into an interstate compact (compact) with Nebraska and Kansas regarding the allocation of water from the Republican river basin (basin). Colorado ratified the compact in 1943. In 2016, Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas signed a resolution (resolution) regarding a dispute about Colorado's compliance with the compact, through which resolution and its amendment Colorado agreed to retire 25,000 acres of irrigated acreage in the basin by 2029."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2023A"
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identifier: "HB 23-1220"
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citation: "Colorado HB 23-1220 (2023A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Byron Pelton", "Karen McCormick", "Richard Holtorf", "Rod Pelton"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4c17c9e-419d-45e1-872e-6c2408ae9da2"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1220"
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source_hash: "5e4d6d72b1f166b6d1a2662a8ce094c081d79fa14b11c449a21860694c6cb863"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 23-1220 (2023A) — Study Republican River Groundwater Economic Impact
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In 1942, Colorado entered into an interstate compact (compact) with Nebraska and Kansas regarding the allocation of water from the Republican river basin (basin). Colorado ratified the compact in 1943. In 2016, Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas signed a resolution (resolution) regarding a dispute about Colorado's compliance with the compact, through which resolution and its amendment Colorado agreed to retire 25,000 acres of irrigated acreage in the basin by 2029.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_hb1220_s_app_003.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1220_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1220_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (02/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1220_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1220_h_app_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1220_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (05/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1220_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1220_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (06/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1220_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **65–0** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Byron Pelton — primary (person)
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- Karen McCormick — primary (person)
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- Richard Holtorf — primary (person)
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- Rod Pelton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
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- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4c17c9e-419d-45e1-872e-6c2408ae9da2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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