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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Invertebrates & Rare Plants Parks & Wildlife Commission"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1117"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1117 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janice Marchman", "Jeff Bridges", "Karen McCormick", "Matt Soper"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-26T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8194da67-193e-4f9a-a8ed-ddf4af9798f8"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1117"
source_hash: "e922e64c17f1934a74c56cfd731d6ca39294dc76ffd9b6c96e883411db0ce014"
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 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](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_hb1117_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1117_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1117_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1117_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1117_h_awn_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1117_h_awn_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/11/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1117_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1117_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1117_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/17/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1117_signed.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8194da67-193e-4f9a-a8ed-ddf4af9798f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).