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type: "Bill"
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title: "Adding Nuclear Energy as a Clean Energy Resource"
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description: "The statutory definition of \"clean energy\" determines which energy projects are eligible for clean energy project financing at the county and city and county level. The statutory definition of \"clean energy resource\" determines which energy resources may be used by a qualifying retail utility to meet the 2050 clean energy target. The act updates the 2 statutory definitions to include nuclear energy; except that, for property valuations made for tax purposes, the act exempts from the definition of \"clean energy resource\" nuclear energy."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2025A"
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identifier: "HB 25-1040"
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citation: "Colorado HB 25-1040 (2025A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alex Valdez", "Dylan Roberts", "Larry Liston", "Ty Winter"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a178024f-984a-4533-b5ff-4954ba224c4e"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1040"
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source_hash: "4d3c1f8de240ecef82edc674223c317218d4836f60820b3054887dbdcedd8050"
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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 25-1040 (2025A) — Adding Nuclear Energy as a Clean Energy Resource
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The statutory definition of "clean energy" determines which energy projects are eligible for clean energy project financing at the county and city and county level. The statutory definition of "clean energy resource" determines which energy resources may be used by a qualifying retail utility to meet the 2050 clean energy target. The act updates the 2 statutory definitions to include nuclear energy; except that, for property valuations made for tax purposes, the act exempts from the definition of "clean energy resource" nuclear energy.
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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/2025a_hb1040_s_tra_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (02/20/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1040_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (03/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1040_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/08/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1040_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (02/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1040_h_ene_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (02/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1040_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (03/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1040_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (03/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1040_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (03/31/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1040_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **29–5** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **43–18** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alex Valdez — primary (person)
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- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
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- Larry Liston — primary (person)
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- Ty Winter — primary (person)
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- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Woog — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Rich — cosponsor (person)
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- K. DeGraaf — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Baisley — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Brooks — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Soper — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
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- P. Lundeen — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Pugliese — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
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- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2025-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2025-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
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- **2025-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2025-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
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- **2025-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2025-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `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/a178024f-984a-4533-b5ff-4954ba224c4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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