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Read. Follow. Verify.Colorado Appropriates $5 Million from Species Conservation Trust Fund for Wildlife Programs in FY 2026-27
Last action · May 29, 2026: Governor SignedSponsors: Rod Pelton and 40 others
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What This Bill Does
Colorado enacts SB 165, appropriating $5,000,000 from the for 2026-27 to fund specific wildlife conservation and recovery programs. The law explicitly prohibits using funds designated for native terrestrial wildlife conservation to import new wolves for reintroduction during this fiscal year.
Allocates millions of state dollars toward endangered fish recovery, native wildlife protection, and habitat management while legally barring the use of those specific terrestrial conservation funds for wolf importation.
- SB 165 was enacted during the 2026 legislative session in Colorado to allocate annual funding from the state's species conservation trust fund. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Colorado Department of Natural Resources
The executive director must consult with state boards and commissions and manage the distribution of $5,000,000 in appropriated trust funds.
Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program
Receives an allocation of $2,380,000 alongside the San Juan River basin recovery implementation program.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
16 actions- May 29, 2026Office of the GovernorEnrolledGovernor Signed
- May 22, 2026SenateFloorSigned by the President of the Senate
- May 22, 2026HouseFloorSigned by the Speaker of the House
- May 22, 2026Office of the GovernorEnrolledSent to the Governor
- May 13, 2026SenateSenate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- May 9, 2026HouseFloorHouse Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
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- May 8, 2026HouseHouse Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- May 7, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
- May 7, 2026HouseHouse Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- May 4, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations
- May 1, 2026SenateFloorSenate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- May 1, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources
- Apr 30, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
- Apr 30, 2026SenateSenate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 23, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations
- Apr 16, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources
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Refer Senate Bill 26-165 to the Committee of the Whole.
Total
7
- Yes
- 6
- No
- 1
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
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Refer Senate Bill 26-165 to the Committee on Appropriations.
Total
11
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (11)
Refer Senate Bill 26-165 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
Total
7
- Yes
- 7
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
Refer Senate Bill 26-165 to the Committee on Appropriations.
Total
7
- Yes
- 6
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
- Other positions
- 1
Lobbying Activity
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