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Read. Follow. Verify.Colorado appropriates funds for water projects, authorizes water infrastructure loans, and raises loan limit
Last action · May 29, 2026: Governor SignedSponsors: Karen McCormick and 38 others
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What This Bill Does
Colorado allocates funding for the 2026-27 for various water conservation, flood mitigation, and monitoring projects, authorizes major loans for local water supply infrastructure, and raises the loan threshold requiring legislative approval from $10 million to $30 million.
The law directly commits millions of dollars in state funds and severance tax revenues toward local water infrastructure loans, environmental restoration, and monitoring programs, while expanding the CWCB's administrative borrowing and lending authority.
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 water conservation board
The board receives fund appropriations, manages loan distributions, awards state water plan grants, and gains an increased independent loan authorization threshold up to $30 million.
City of Fort Collins
The city is authorized to receive a loan of $151,500,000 from the severance tax perpetual base fund to support the Halligan water supply project.
Lower Latham Reservoir Company
The company is authorized to receive a loan of $20,166,670 from the severance tax perpetual base fund for the Jurgens reservoir construction project.
Division of water resources
The division receives specific appropriations from the CWCB construction fund for ongoing monitoring, forecasting, and data systems.
Key Facts
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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 28, 2026HouseFloorSigned by the Speaker of the House
- May 28, 2026SenateFloorSigned by the President of the Senate
- May 28, 2026Office of the GovernorEnrolledSent to the Governor
- May 6, 2026SenateFloorSenate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- May 5, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
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- May 5, 2026SenateSenate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 28, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations
- Apr 23, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Finance
- Apr 21, 2026HouseFloorHouse Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 21, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources
- Apr 20, 2026HouseHouse Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Apr 17, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
- Apr 17, 2026HouseHouse Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Mar 30, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations
- Mar 19, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources
Version history
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View official text →Voting Record
Refer House Bill 26-1338 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
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Refer House Bill 26-1338 to the Committee on Appropriations.
Total
9
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
- Other positions
- 1
How they voted (9)
Refer House Bill 26-1338 to the Committee on Finance.
Total
7
- Yes
- 6
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
- Other positions
- 1
Refer House Bill 26-1338 to the Committee of the Whole.
Total
7
- Yes
- 7
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
Refer House Bill 26-1338 to the Committee on Appropriations.
Total
11
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (11)
Lobbying Activity
No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
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Sponsors
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Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Reliance on CWCB Construction Fund
The legislation draws heavily on the Colorado water conservation board construction fund and severance tax perpetual base fund to finance both internal agency projects and large external municipal loans.
Connected Entities
Sources
leg.colorado.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance85How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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