Water Quality Regulation
Summary
The act: Requires the water quality control commission (commission) to conduct outreach and gather input from disproportionately impacted communities regarding the commission's rule-making proceedings, licensing proceedings, and adjudicatory hearings (section 1 of the act); Requires the commission to utilize the criteria promulgated by rule by the commission in designating waters as use-protected (section 2); and Creates a 5-year statute of limitations for bringing actions alleging violations of the "Colorado Water Quality Control Act" (water quality control act) or any rules or orders under the water quality control act (section 3).(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
Signed into Law
Jun 2022
Introduced Mar 24, 2022
Signed Jun 8, 2022
Floor votes · Senate May 11, 2022 · House May 5, 2022
How they voted
21–14
Passed
Total votes 35
May 11, 2022
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican14
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Jun 8, 2022
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
May 11, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
upper
May 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
upper
May 5, 2022
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations
upper
May 5, 2022
Lower · Passed
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
lower
May 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
lower
Apr 6, 2022
Committee
House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Appropriations
lower
Mar 24, 2022
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Adrienne Benavidez
DDemocratic
P
Alex Valdez
DDemocratic
P
DM
Dominick Moreno
DDemocratic
P
Julie Gonzales
DDemocratic
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