republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-16.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Discharge Preproduction Plastic Materials"
description: "The act prohibits the discharge of plastic pellets and other preproduction plastic materials through land application or into state waters, wastewater, storm water runoff, or other runoff by a facility that makes, uses, packages, or transports plastic pellets or other preproduction plastic materials in the state.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "Colorado SB 16 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources & Environment", "Public Health", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Wallace", "L. Cutter", "L. Smith", "M. Lukens"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f796b0fe-bb13-47be-a222-f91731c54c3f"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-016"
source_hash: "d7cb00f7b0d4a2c8e07954df861b6f7c72cf26c4d946cfb6d3c5379fec4fc070"
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 16 (2026A) — Prohibit Discharge Preproduction Plastic Materials

The act prohibits the discharge of plastic pellets and other preproduction plastic materials through land application or into state waters, wastewater, storm water runoff, or other runoff by a facility that makes, uses, packages, or transports plastic pellets or other preproduction plastic materials in the state.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/110840/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111866/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113470/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112040/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113400/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113362/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113871/download)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.012 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.011 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.004 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.005 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.002 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.010 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-016, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-016, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- K. Wallace — primary (person)
- L. Cutter — primary (person)
- L. Smith — primary (person)
- M. Lukens — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-30** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-20** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2026-03-17** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-16** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2026-03-11** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`
- **2026-02-17** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 02/17/2026 - No Amendments
- **2026-02-12** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/12/2026 - No Amendments
- **2026-02-09** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/10/2026 - No Amendments
- **2026-02-04** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f796b0fe-bb13-47be-a222-f91731c54c3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).