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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Automated Permits for Clean Energy Technology"
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description: "The act makes updates to the streamlined solar permitting and inspection grant program (grant program). The grant program provides funding for the adoption and implementation of automated permitting and inspection software. The act clarifies that funding from the grant program may be used by a recipient for eligible expenses for up to 3 years after the grantee implements the automated permitting and inspection software. The act also permits the Colorado energy office (office) to spend up to 9% of the money remaining in the grant program's cash fund as of September 1, 2025, for paying the direct and indirect costs of the office in administering the grant program."
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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 25-1096"
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citation: "Colorado HB 25-1096 (2025A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cathy Kipp", "Kyle Brown", "Lesley Smith", "Matt Ball"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-27T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-28T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc42f142-8720-43ed-a3b1-378b812df173"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1096"
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source_hash: "a08ef8f6a2f6c936083f7cd31626d408e6c847e224bb76fe1383ecf0b12c35d6"
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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 25-1096 (2025A) — Automated Permits for Clean Energy Technology
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The act makes updates to the streamlined solar permitting and inspection grant program (grant program). The grant program provides funding for the adoption and implementation of automated permitting and inspection software. The act clarifies that funding from the grant program may be used by a recipient for eligible expenses for up to 3 years after the grantee implements the automated permitting and inspection software. The act also permits the Colorado energy office (office) to spend up to 9% of the money remaining in the grant program's cash fund as of September 1, 2025, for paying the direct and indirect costs of the office in administering the grant program.
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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_hb1096_s_tra_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/27/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1096_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1096_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/27/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1096_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (02/21/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1096_h_ene_01.pdf)
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6. **PA2 (03/24/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1096_h_fin_01.pdf)
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7. **Reengrossed (03/31/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1096_ren.pdf)
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8. **Rerevised (04/28/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1096_rer.pdf)
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9. **Revised (04/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1096_rev.pdf)
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10. **Signed Act (05/28/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1096_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **24–10** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **42–22** (pass) · lower
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- ADOPT REPORT — **29–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
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- Kyle Brown — primary (person)
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- Lesley Smith — primary (person)
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- Matt Ball — primary (person)
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- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
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- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2025-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/25/2025 - No Amendments
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- **2025-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
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- **2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2025-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2025-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2025-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment + Finance `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/dc42f142-8720-43ed-a3b1-378b812df173`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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