CO HB 1338

enacted

2026 Water Projects Bill

Colorado · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

The act appropriates the following amounts for the 2026-27 state fiscal year from the Colorado water conservation board (CWCB) construction fund to the CWCB or the division of water resources in the department of natural resources for the following projects:Continuation of the satellite monitoring system, $380,000 (section 1 of the act);Continuation of the floodplain map modernization program, $500,000 (section 2);Continuation of the weather modification permitting program, $500,000 (section 3);Continuation of the Colorado Mesonet project, $200,000 (section 5);Continuation of the water forecasting partnership project, $2,500,000 (section 6);Continuation of Colorado decision support system operation and maintenance, $750,000 (section 7);Support for water plan agency actions, $1,350,000 (section 9);Continuation of the Colorado watershed restoration and flood mitigation projects, $5,000,000 (section 10); andContinuation of the upper Colorado river commission planning, $750,000 (section 11). Section 4 directs the state treasurer to transfer up to $6,000,000 from the CWCB construction fund to the CWCB litigation fund on or before July 1, 2026. Section 8 restores the fish and wildlife resources fund balance by transferring $2,000,000 from the CWCB construction fund to the fish and wildlife resources fund. Section 12 authorizes the CWCB to make a loan in an amount of $151,500,000 from the severance tax perpetual base fund to the city of Fort Collins to support the Halligan water supply project. Section 13 authorizes the CWCB to make a loan in an amount of $20,166,670 from the severance tax perpetual base fund to the Lower Latham Reservoir Company for the Jurgens reservoir construction project. Section 14 appropriates $37,700,000 from the water plan implementation cash fund to the CWCB to award grants that will help implement the state water plan. Section 15 clarifies that the money that is currently in the turf replacement fund is appropriated for designated purposes to the CWCB until June 30, 2028. Any money remaining in the turf replacement fund on July 1, 2028, is transferred to the CWCB construction fund. Section 16 makes technical corrections so that money appropriated in 2025 is available to the department of natural resources executive director's office for the purpose of paying for a study by the Colorado water center at Colorado state university. Under current law, the CWCB may authorize loans up to $10 million from the CWCB construction fund or severance tax perpetual base fund without legislative authorization. The act increases that amount to $30 million (section 17).(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Introduced: 2026-03-19
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-05-29 — Governor Signed
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Water

Committees

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Action timeline

2026-05-29
Governor Signed
executive-signature
2026-05-28
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2026-05-28
Signed by the President of the Senate
passage
2026-05-28
Signed by the Speaker of the House
passage
2026-05-06
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage,reading-3
2026-05-05
Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
2026-05-05
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
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2026-04-28
Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations
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2026-04-23
Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Finance
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2026-04-21
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources
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2026-04-21
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
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2026-04-20
House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
2026-04-17
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
2026-04-17
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
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2026-03-30
House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations
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2026-03-19
Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources
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Votes

Refer House Bill 26-1338 to the Committee on Appropriations.
2026-03-30 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Lori Garcia Sander: yes
- Lori Goldstein: yes
- Dusty Johnson: yes
- Mandy Lindsay: yes
- Meghan Lukens: yes
- Matthew Martinez: yes
- Lesley Smith: yes
- Katie Stewart: yes
- Tammy Story: yes
- Larry Don Suckla: yes
- Ty Winter: yes
- Tisha Mauro: yes
- Karen McCormick: yes
Refer House Bill 26-1338 to the Committee of the Whole.
2026-04-17 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Andrew Boesenecker: yes
- Scott Bottoms: yes
- Junie Joseph: yes
- Karen McCormick: yes
- Matt Soper: yes
- Rick Taggart: yes
- Brianna Titone: yes
- Elizabeth Velasco: yes
- Yara Zokaie: yes
- Emily Sirota: yes
- Kyle Brown: yes
Refer House Bill 26-1338 to the Committee on Finance.
2026-04-23 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Marc Catlin: yes
- Nick Hinrichsen: yes
- Cathy Kipp: excused
- Byron Pelton: yes
- Rod Pelton: yes
- Jessie Danielson: yes
- Dylan Roberts: yes
Refer House Bill 26-1338 to the Committee on Appropriations.
2026-04-28 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Adrienne Benavidez: yes
- Scott Bright: yes
- Lisa Frizell: yes
- Chris Kolker: yes
- Kyle Mullica: excused
- Cleave Simpson: yes
- Marc Snyder: yes
- Janice Marchman: yes
- Cathy Kipp: yes
Refer House Bill 26-1338 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
2026-05-05 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Julie Gonzales: yes
- Barbara Kirkmeyer: yes
- Chris Kolker: yes
- Larry Liston: yes
- Byron Pelton: yes
- Jeff Bridges: yes
- Judy Amabile: yes
BILL
2026-05-06 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (36)
- Amabile: yes
- Baisley: yes
- Ball: yes
- Benavidez: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Bright: yes
- Carson: yes
- Catlin: yes
- Cutter: yes
- Danielson: yes
- Daugherty: yes
- Exum: yes
- Frizell: yes
- Gonzales J.: yes
- Hinrichsen: yes
- Jodeh: yes
- Kipp: yes
- Kirkmeyer: yes
- Kolker: yes
- Lindstedt: yes
- Liston: yes
- Marchman: yes
- Mullica: yes
- Pelton B.: yes
- Pelton R.: yes
- Rich: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Rodriguez: yes
- Simpson: yes
- Snyder: yes
- Sullivan: yes
- Wallace: yes
- Weissman: yes
- Zamora Wilson: no
- President: yes
- Coleman: yes

Related bills

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Official source

https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1338

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