republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/sb-24-005.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Landscaping Practices for Water Conservation"
description: "On and after January 1, 2026, the act prohibits local governments from allowing the installation, planting, or placement of nonfunctional turf, artificial turf, or invasive plant species on commercial, institutional, or industrial property, common interest community property, or a street right-of-way, parking lot, median, or transportation corridor. The act also prohibits the department of personnel from allowing the installation, planting, or placement of nonfunctional turf, artificial turf, or invasive plant species as part of a project for the construction or renovation of a state facility, which project design commences on or after January 1, 2025. Artificial turf on athletic fields of play is exempted from the prohibitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-005"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-005 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Cleave Simpson", "Dylan Roberts", "Karen McCormick"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 13
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-18T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30202d1f-2a49-41d2-8c02-5ca3c01edb56"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-005"
source_hash: "a6d87dc3b7b53275bfc5c646c9aff0f54c0e0a65f3b1534c8c49daf5f9ce9bcb"
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 SB 24-005 (2024A) — Prohibit Landscaping Practices for Water Conservation

On and after January 1, 2026, the act prohibits local governments from allowing the installation, planting, or placement of nonfunctional turf, artificial turf, or invasive plant species on commercial, institutional, or industrial property, common interest community property, or a street right-of-way, parking lot, median, or transportation corridor. The act also prohibits the department of personnel from allowing the installation, planting, or placement of nonfunctional turf, artificial turf, or invasive plant species as part of a project for the construction or renovation of a state facility, which project design commences on or after January 1, 2025. Artificial turf on athletic fields of play is exempted from the prohibitions.

## 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_sb005_h_awn_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_005_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/11/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_005_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_005_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_005_s_agr_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (02/27/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_005_h_awn_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (01/31/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_005_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (02/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_005_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (02/28/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_005_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (03/18/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_005_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **27–5** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **28–5** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **26–6** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **48–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Karen McCormick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-02-29T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2024-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2024-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30202d1f-2a49-41d2-8c02-5ca3c01edb56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).