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Colorado bills · 2026 Regular Session

Colorado HB 1340

Revegetate or Dry Farm Formerly Irrigated Agricultural Land

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Cosponsors (18)

Summary

Official abstract published by the Colorado legislature· summary

The act requires a water right owner that changes the use of their water right in water division 2 from agricultural irrigation purposes to another beneficial use on or after January 1, 2027, to engage in revegetation or a conversion to dryland farming with effective erosion control and weed management on the formerly irrigated agricultural land. The act implements a procedure that includes:The identification of site-specific criteria and an associated scientific and objective evaluation methodology to measure and determine the success of the revegetation or conversion to dryland farming;A requirement that the water court appoint a third-party revegetation or dryland farming expert to conduct annual field reviews and issue reports concerning the success of the revegetation or conversion to dryland farming until the revegetation or conversion is successfully established; andA requirement that the water court:Order the water right owner to provide financial assurance to the local land use authority to cover the anticipated cost to achieve successful revegetation;Place limitations on the timing of use or percentage of the water that may be used for the new beneficial use during the revegetation or conversion to dryland farming process; orIf the water right owner has obtained a permit or entered into an intergovernmental agreement that requires financial assurance or establishes requirements governing the timing of use or percentage of the water that may be used for the new beneficial use, incorporate those requirements into the change-of-use decree.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 14, 2026, 12:15 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
May 12, 2026
Senate		CONCURpassSet your home in Colorado to see
May 12, 2026
Senate		REPASSpassSet your home in Colorado to see
May 7, 2026
Senate		Refer House Bill 26-1340, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.passSet your home in Colorado to see
May 7, 2026
Senate		Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment C).passSet your home in Colorado to see
Apr 30, 2026
House		BILLpassSet your home in Colorado to see
Apr 23, 2026
House		Adopt amendment L.002passSet your home in Colorado to see
Apr 23, 2026
House		Refer House Bill 26-1340, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.passSet your home in Colorado to see
Apr 23, 2026
House		Adopt amendment L.001, as amendedpassSet your home in Colorado to see

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