republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1242.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Conservation In Oil And Gas Operations"
description: "The act requires an oil and gas operator in the state (operator), on or before September 1, 2023, on a monthly basis, with respect to each oil and gas well, and on or before January 1, 2024, and quarterly thereafter, with respect to the operator's oil and gas operations generally, to report information to the Colorado oil and gas conservation commission (commission) regarding the operator's use of water entering, utilized at, or exiting each of the operator's wells or oil and gas locations, including information on the recycling and reuse of produced water."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1242"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1242 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Boesenecker", "Junie Joseph", "Kevin Priola", "Lisa Cutter"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9b1ba11-d131-4ece-a11c-87cc215af586"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1242"
source_hash: "8204679ba29a949c48c9c764c834fdfb2b42b82753528a845cf4f0e176127bac"
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 23-1242 (2023A) — Water Conservation In Oil And Gas Operations

The act requires an oil and gas operator in the state (operator), on or before September 1, 2023, on a monthly basis, with respect to each oil and gas well, and on or before January 1, 2024, and quarterly thereafter, with respect to the operator's oil and gas operations generally, to report information to the Colorado oil and gas conservation commission (commission) regarding the operator's use of water entering, utilized at, or exiting each of the operator's wells or oil and gas locations, including information on the recycling and reuse of produced water.

## 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_hb1242_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1242_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1242_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1242_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1242_h_ene_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1242_h_ene_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1242_s_tra_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1242_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/04/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1242_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1242_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1242_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **51–13** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **46–18** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **41–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrew Boesenecker — primary (person)
- Junie Joseph — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9b1ba11-d131-4ece-a11c-87cc215af586`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).