republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/hb-24-1117.md

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Bill	Invertebrates & Rare Plants Parks & Wildlife Commission	The act adds rare plants and invertebrates to the species that may be studied and conserved under the current "Nongame, Endangered, or Threatened Species Conservation Act", which is renamed the "Nongame, Endangered, or Threatened Wildlife and Rare Plant Conservation Act". The division of parks and wildlife in the department of natural resources (department) may undertake voluntary programs to conserve, protect, and perpetuate invertebrates. The department is required to include, in the department's SMART Act hearing, information about the investigations conducted under the act. The general assembly is required to make an appropriation from the general fund or the wildlife cash fund to study invertebrates.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2024A	HB 24-1117	Colorado HB 24-1117 (2024A)	bill		enacted	Janice Marchman Jeff Bridges Karen McCormick Matt Soper	10	15	2	2024-01-26T07:00:00+00:00	2024-05-17T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/8194da67-193e-4f9a-a8ed-ddf4af9798f8	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1117	e922e64c17f1934a74c56cfd731d6ca39294dc76ffd9b6c96e883411db0ce014	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 24-1117 (2024A) — Invertebrates & Rare Plants Parks & Wildlife Commission

The act adds rare plants and invertebrates to the species that may be studied and conserved under the current "Nongame, Endangered, or Threatened Species Conservation Act", which is renamed the "Nongame, Endangered, or Threatened Wildlife and Rare Plant Conservation Act". The division of parks and wildlife in the department of natural resources (department) may undertake voluntary programs to conserve, protect, and perpetuate invertebrates. The department is required to include, in the department's SMART Act hearing, information about the investigations conducted under the act. The general assembly is required to make an appropriation from the general fund or the wildlife cash fund to study invertebrates.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/08/2024) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/13/2024) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/26/2024) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/23/2024) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (03/01/2024) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (03/11/2024) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (04/26/2024) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (04/25/2024) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (05/17/2024) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 23–12 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 47–14 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Janice Marchman — primary (person)
• Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
• Karen McCormick — primary (person)
• Matt Soper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2024-05-14T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-13T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2024-05-13T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2024-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-04-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-03-18T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources introduction
• 2024-03-11T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-08T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2024-03-05T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2024-03-01T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-02-22T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-26T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8194da67-193e-4f9a-a8ed-ddf4af9798f8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).