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The bill creates the Feeding Colorado fund (fund) in the state
treasury. A voluntary contribution designation line for the fund will
appear on the state individual income tax return form (form) for the 5
income tax years following the year that the executive director of the
department of revenue (department) certifies to the revisor of statutes that

there is space available on the form and that the fund is next in the queue.
Once the fund is placed on the form, the department is directed to
determine annually the total amount contributed to the fund and report
that amount to the state treasurer and the general assembly. The state
treasurer is required to credit that amount to the fund, and the general
assembly appropriates from the fund to the department the costs of
administering money designated for the fund. After that amount is
deducted, the money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year is
transferred to Feeding Colorado.
Following the statutory 2-year grace period for new tax check-offs,
the fund is required to achieve the minimum contribution amount of
$50,000 per year to remain on the form.
The fund is repealed on the sixth income tax year following the
year in which the director files the certification, unless it is continued by
the general assembly before then.

• April 01, 2022: Senate Appropriations Committee Report
• March 16, 2022: Senate Finance Committee Report
• March 03, 2022: House Appropriations Committee Report
• February 14, 2022: House Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Committee Report

Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning Tax Policy. A
farm close-out sale, which is a farmer's or rancher's sale by auction or
private treaty of all tangible personal property used in carrying on the
farming or ranching operations, is exempt from the sales and use tax. The
bill excludes motor vehicles that are subject to registration requirements

from a farm close-out sale.

• February 03, 2022: House Finance Committee Report

Concerning the use of blockchain technology in commerce, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.

In 2019, the general assembly enacted House Bill 19-1247, which
created an advisory group to study the use and benefits of blockchain
technology in agriculture. The group issued a report that included the
following recommendations:
  • That the legislature authorize the design, development, and
deployment of an online program for agricultural producers
to learn about the use and benefits of implementing new
digital, data-driven systems to facilitate trade in agricultural

products; and
  • That the legislature amend the Colorado Uniform
Commercial Code (UCC) to protect ownership and control
of digital information assets generated by agricultural
producers in a manner similar to the changes adopted by
Wyoming.
To implement the recommendations:
  • Section 1 of the bill instructs the commissioner of
agriculture (commissioner) to create and deploy an online
program that educates agricultural producers about
blockchain technology. The commissioner will consult and
cooperate with stakeholders to develop the online program,
publicize the program, and encourage agricultural
producers to participate in the program.
  • Section 2:
  • Classifies the various types of digital assets as the
appropriate type of property, security, or asset under
the UCC;
  • Classifies a bank providing custodial services of a
digital asset as a securities intermediary;
  • Establishes that control of a digital asset is the
functional equivalent of possessing a physical asset
for the purposes of perfecting a security interest in
the digital asset;
  • Requires an agreement for a secured party to take
control of a digital asset;
  • Clarifies that a secured party may file with the
secretary of state a financing statement to perfect a
security interest in proceeds from a digital asset;
  • Provides that a transferee takes a digital asset free of
any security interest 2 years after the transferee
takes the asset for value if the transferee does not
have actual notice of an adverse claim; and
  • Clarifies issues of court jurisdiction over digital
assets.

• May 04, 2022: Senate Appropriations Committee Report
• May 02, 2022: Senate Business, Labor, & Technology Committee Report
• April 22, 2022: House Appropriations Committee Report
• February 17, 2022: House Business Affairs & Labor Committee Report

The bill requires that, to file a nuisance suit against an agricultural
operation, a plaintiff must occupy land that is within 2,640 feet of the
operation. Punitive damages are not allowed unless the agricultural
operation has violated certain environmental laws against pollution, the
nuisance arises from the violation, and the action is brought within one
year after the operation is held to have committed the violation.

Under current law, the prevailing party may be awarded court costs
and attorney fees in a nuisance action against an agricultural operation.
The bill changes this to award court costs and attorney fees only to a
prevailing agricultural operation.
The bill also requires the state of Colorado, a county, a
municipality, or a city and county to pay the owner or operator of an
agricultural operation reasonable compensation, as determined by a court,
for the loss of agricultural use if:
  • The government brings a nuisance action against the
agricultural operation that results in the court enjoining the
agricultural operation from continuing agricultural
production on the land; and
  • The agricultural operation has been using the land for
agricultural production for 10 years or longer.

• February 15, 2022: House Judiciary Committee Report

A controlled environment agricultural facility (CEA facility) is
a structure of not less than 1,000 square feet and related equipment and
appurtenances that combines engineering, horticultural science, and
computer management techniques to optimize hydroponic plant growing,
plant quality, and food production efficiency from the land's water for
human or livestock consumption. The primary purpose of growing crops

in a CEA facility is to obtain a monetary profit from the wholesale of
plant-based food for human or animal consumption.
Commencing January 1, 2023, for property tax purposes:
  • The definition of agricultural and livestock products
includes crops grown within a CEA facility for human or
livestock consumption. Agricultural and livestock
products does not include marijuana and hemp, or any
other nonfood agricultural products.
  • The definition of agricultural equipment includes any
personal property used in connection with the operation of
a CEA facility for planting, growing, and harvesting crops;
  • The definition of agricultural land includes any land
underlying or integral to the operation of a CEA facility;
  • All other agricultural property does not include a CEA
facility that has been in production for at least 2 years; and
  • Agricultural equipment that is used in any CEA facility is
exempt from the levy and collection of property tax.
Under the bill, a CEA facility is valued for assessment purposes
based on the net operating income derived from the production and sale
of the crops grown within the facility and capitalized at the same rate as
irrigated agricultural land. The value so determined must be reduced by
25% to determine the actual value of the CEA facility for property tax
purposes.
If the primary use of the CEA facility is not the growing of crops
for human or livestock consumption, then the property is classified and
valued for assessment purposes as other agricultural property.

• April 27, 2022: Senate Finance Committee Report
• April 13, 2022: House Transportation & Local Government Committee Report

The bill creates the Colorado agricultural workforce services
program (program) in the department of agriculture (department) and
requires the department to create and maintain an online resource portal

for agricultural employees and employers.
The bill also creates the Colorado agricultural workplace
improvement grant program (grant program) and requires the department
to administer the grant program and, subject to available appropriations,
award grants. The department may determine minimum eligibility
requirements for grant recipients; however, the department may award
grants only:
  • To entities that provide services to Colorado agricultural
employers or agricultural employees; and
  • For the purpose of facilitating labor law compliance,
improving workplaces, and providing education to
agricultural employees to help them understand their legal
rights.
On or before January 1, 2023, and on or before January 1 each year
thereafter, the department shall submit to the agriculture, livestock, and
water committee of the house of representatives and the agriculture and
natural resources committee of the senate a report concerning the
operations of the program, including the grant program.
For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the general assembly must
appropriate $500,000 from the general fund to the department to
implement the program, including the grant program. Any unused money
does not revert to the general fund but is continuously appropriated to the
department.
The grant program is repealed, effective January 1, 2026.

• May 06, 2022: Senate Appropriations Committee Report
• April 29, 2022: House Appropriations Committee Report
• April 04, 2022: House Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Committee Report

Current law specifies housing requirements for agricultural
workers with which agricultural employers must comply during a public
health emergency. The bill clarifies that these requirements apply only
during a statewide public health emergency that concerns COVID-19.
The bill allows an alternative to compliance with the existing housing
requirements by authorizing a person engaged in agricultural employment

to instead comply with alternative protections identified in a public health
order issued by the department of public health and environment.

• April 21, 2022: Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee Report
• April 04, 2022: House Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Committee Report

On or before June 1, 2023, the executive director (executive
director) of the Colorado department of public health and environment
(department) must designate a nonprofit organization (organization) to
implement and manage a statewide program (program) that provides
recycling services to covered entities in the state, which are defined as
residences, businesses, schools, government buildings, and public places.

The program is funded by annual dues (producer responsibility dues) paid
by producers of products that use covered materials (producers). Covered
materials are defined as packaging materials and paper products that are
sold, offered for sale, or distributed in the state.
The bill creates the producer responsibility program for statewide
recycling advisory board (advisory board) that consists of members who
have expertise in recycling programs and are knowledgeable about
recycling services in the different geographic regions of the state.
Prior to the implementation of the program, the organization must:
  • On or before September 1, 2023, hire an independent third
party to conduct an assessment of the recycling services
currently provided in the state and the recycling needs in
the state that are not being met (needs assessment);
  • On or before April 1, 2024, report the results of the needs
assessment to the advisory board and the executive
director; and
  • On or before February 1, 2025, after soliciting input from
the advisory board and other key stakeholders, submit a
plan proposal for the program (plan proposal) to the
advisory board and executive director.
The plan proposal will initially cover recycling services only for
residential covered entities. The plan proposal must:
  • Describe how the organization will meet certain
convenience standards and statewide recycling, collection,
and postconsumer-recycled-content rates (rates);
  • Establish a funding mechanism through the collection of
producer responsibility dues that covers the organization's
costs in implementing the program and the costs of the
department in overseeing the program;
  • Establish an objective formula to reimburse 100% of the
net recycling services costs of public and private recycling
service providers (providers) performing services under the
program;
  • Provide a list of covered materials (minimum recyclable
list) that providers performing services under the program
must collect to be eligible for reimbursement under the
program;
  • Set minimum rate targets that the state will strive to meet
by January 1, 2030, and January 1, 2035, and describe how
the state can meet increased rates after 2035; and
  • Describe a process and timeline, beginning no later than
2028, to expand recycling services to applicable
nonresidential covered entities.
As part of the program, the organization must:
  • Utilize and expand on providers' existing recycling services
to provide statewide recycling services at no charge to
covered entities for all covered materials on the minimum
recyclable list;
  • Develop and implement a statewide education and outreach
program on the recycling and reuse of covered materials;
  • Contract with an independent third party to conduct an
annual audit of the program; and
  • Submit an annual report to the advisory board and the
executive director describing the progress of the program
(annual report).
Effective July 1, 2025, a producer may not sell or distribute any
products that use covered materials in the state unless the producer is
participating in the program or, after January 1, 2029, as set forth in an
additional producer responsibility program that has been approved by the
executive director.
The advisory board has the following duties:
  • Advise the organization on the needs assessment;
  • Review the needs assessment;
  • Review the plan proposal and make recommendations to
the executive director regarding its approval or rejection;
  • Review any necessary amendments to the program, make
recommendations on the amendments to the organization,
and then make recommendations to the executive director
regarding approval or rejection of the amendments;
  • Review the annual report submitted by the organization;
and
  • Consult with the organization on the development and
updating of the minimum recyclable list.
The bill establishes an administrative penalty for the organization's
or a producer's violation of the relevant statutes and rules. The collected
penalties are deposited into the recycling resources economic opportunity
fund.

• May 06, 2022: Senate Appropriations Committee Report
• May 04, 2022: Senate Finance Committee Report
• April 26, 2022: House Appropriations Committee Report
• April 13, 2022: House Energy & Environment Committee Report

The food pantry assistance grant program is set to repeal on June
30, 2023. The bill extends the food pantry assistance grant program
through July 1, 2028.
For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the bill appropriates $5 million
from the general fund. For the 2023-24 state fiscal year, the bill
appropriates $3.5 million from the general fund. For the 2024-25 state

fiscal year through the 2026-27 state fiscal year, the bill appropriates $2
million annually from the general fund to be used only for the purchase
of Colorado agricultural products; agricultural products that hold cultural
significance for indigenous first nations people, or for other cultures or
subcultural groups, including the ways in which those agricultural
products are produced; agricultural products sold by agricultural
producers located within 400 miles of the grant recipient; agricultural
products sold by indigenous first nations producers located within
Colorado and in neighboring states; and technical assistance.
The bill allows up to $100,000 annually of the appropriation to be
used to hire a nonprofit entity to provide technical assistance to a grant
recipient to train food pantries and assist in the location and purchase of
Colorado agricultural products. The bill also allows a grant recipient to
pre-purchase Colorado agricultural products.

• May 04, 2022: Senate Appropriations Committee Report
• April 22, 2022: House Appropriations Committee Report
• April 18, 2022: House Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Committee Report

Concerning providing healthy meals to all public school students, and, in connection therewith, creating the healthy school meals for all program and providing funding for the program by capping itemized and standard state income tax deductions for taxpayers who have federal adjusted gross income of $300,000 or more.

The bill creates the healthy school meals for all program (program)
in the department of education (department) to:
  • Reimburse school food authorities that choose to
participate in the program (participating school food
authorities) for free meals provided to students who are not
eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the federal
school meals programs;
  • Provide local food purchasing grants to eligible
participating school food authorities;
  • Provide funding to participating school food authorities to
increase the wages or provide stipends for individuals
employed to prepare and serve food; and
  • Provide assistance to participating school food authorities
through the local school food purchasing technical
assistance and education grant program.
The portion of the program that provides reimbursement for school
meals begins operating in the 2023-24 budget year. The remaining
portions of the program begin operating in the first full budget year after
the state of Colorado begins participating in the federal demonstration
project to use medicaid eligibility to identify students who are eligible for
the federal school meals programs (demonstration project).
A participating school food authority must:
  • Provide free meals to all students enrolled in the public
schools that the participating school food authority serves
and that participate in the national school lunch program or
national school breakfast program;
  • Provide to the department annual notice of participation;
and
  • Maximize the amount of federal reimbursement by
participating in the federal community eligibility provision
to identify students who are eligible for the federal school
meals programs.
The amount of reimbursement distributed pursuant to the program
is equal to the federal free reimbursement rate multiplied by the total
number of meals served minus any other federal or state reimbursement
the school food authority receives for providing meals.
The bill requires the department to:
  • Participate in the federal community eligibility provision
for the state as a whole, if that option is available; and
  • Apply to participate in the demonstration project.
Under the bill, a participating school food authority that creates a
parent and student committee to advise on food purchasing (advisory
committee) is eligible to receive a local food purchasing grant (grant) to
purchase Colorado grown, raised, or processed products for school meals.
Each eligible participating school food authority must comply with
reporting requirements. The bill establishes the amount of the grants,
limits on how the grant money may be spent, and the required
membership of the advisory committee. The department must annually
review a sample of the invoices for purchases made using grant money to
ensure compliance with purchasing requirements.
The bill creates the local school food purchasing technical
assistance and education grant program (grant program) under which a
statewide nonprofit organization distributes grants to promote the
purchase of Colorado grown, raised, or processed products by
participating school food authorities and to assist participating school
food authorities in preparing meals using basic ingredients rather than
processed products. The nonprofit organization must report annually to
the department concerning implementation of the grant program.
The department must submit to committees of the general
assembly a biennial report concerning implementation of the program.
The department must contract with an independent auditor to conduct a
biennial financial and performance audit of the program. The report and
the audit must include implementation of the program, implementation of
the local food purchasing grants, use of the additional amount for
increasing wages or providing stipends, and implementation of the grant
program.
The bill directs the general assembly to appropriate annually, by
line item in the annual appropriation bill, the amount necessary to
implement the program, including a specified amount for the grant
program.
Current law caps state income tax itemized deductions for
taxpayers who have federal adjusted gross income of $400,000 or more
at $30,000 for single filers and $60,000 for joint filers. The bill applies
the cap to both itemized and standard income tax deductions for taxpayers
who have federal adjusted gross income of $300,000 or more and lowers
the cap to $12,000 for single filers and $16,000 for joint filers. The
amount of revenue generated by the changes to the cap must be
appropriated to fund the program. If the program is repealed, the changes
to the cap no longer apply.
The bill takes effect only if it is approved by the voters at the
November 2022 general election. This approval is a voter-approved
revenue change that allows the state to retain and spend all revenue
generated by the changes to the cap on state income tax deductions.

• May 09, 2022: Senate Finance Committee Report
• May 09, 2022: Senate Appropriations Committee Report
• May 05, 2022: House Finance Committee Report
• May 05, 2022: House Appropriations Committee Report
• May 03, 2022: House Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Committee Report

Water Resources Review Committee. The bill creates the
groundwater compact compliance and sustainability fund to help finance
groundwater use reduction efforts in the Rio Grande river basin and the
Republican river basin, such as efforts to buy and retire irrigation wells
and irrigated acreage in the river basins. The Colorado water conservation
board administers the fund and can make expenditures from the fund

based on recommendations from the board of directors of the Rio Grande
water conservation district or the Republican river water conservation
district. A conservation district's recommendations must first be approved
by the state engineer.

• April 27, 2022: House Appropriations Committee Report
• April 21, 2022: House Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Committee Report
• February 10, 2022: Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee Report

Water Resources Review Committee. Section 1 of the bill
prohibits a purchaser of agricultural water rights that are represented by
shares in a mutual ditch company from engaging in investment water
speculation. Investment water speculation is the purchase of agricultural
water rights that are represented by shares in a mutual ditch company in
the state with the intent, at the time of purchase, to profit from an increase
in the water's value in a subsequent transaction or by receiving payment
from another person for nonuse of all or a portion of the water subject to

the water right.
On or after January 1, 2023, the state engineer or the state
engineer's designee (state engineer) may investigate complaints of
investment water speculation. If a purchaser holds, or by virtue of a
proposed sale or transfer, will hold at least a minimum percent of the
shares in a mutual ditch company, about which minimum percent the
mutual ditch company must determine and notify the state engineer on or
before December 31, 2022, there is a rebuttable presumption that the
purchaser is engaged in investment water speculation. The state engineer
may fine a purchaser up to $10,000 for a violation and require, for a
period of up to 2 years after a fine has been imposed, that any sale or
transfer of shares in a mutual ditch company to the purchaser be subject
to approval by the state engineer.
If the state engineer believes that a complaint is frivolous or was
filed for the purpose of harassing a seller or purchaser, the state engineer
may refer the matter to the attorney general's office for the attorney
general or the attorney general's designee (attorney general) to investigate
and, if the attorney general determines that enforcement is warranted,
bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction alleging the
complaint is frivolous or was filed for the purpose of harassment. If the
attorney general prevails in the civil action, the court may fine a
complainant up to $1,000, prohibit the complainant from filing any
complaints alleging investment water speculation for up to one year, and
grant attorney fees and court costs. Section 3 authorizes the attorney
general to bring a civil action against a complainant if the state engineer
refers the matter to the attorney general.
Section 2 requires the board of directors of a mutual ditch
company to determine the minimum percent of agricultural water rights
held by all of the shareholders in the mutual ditch company that a
purchaser holds or, by virtue of the sale or transfer of shares in the mutual
ditch company, will hold that creates a rebuttable presumption that the
purchaser is engaging in investment water speculation.

Water Resources Review Committee. The bill changes the name
of the water resources review committee to the water resources and
agriculture review committee (committee) and expands the scope of the
committee to include agriculture issues.

• March 07, 2022: House Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Committee Report
• February 10, 2022: Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee Report

The Colorado water conservation board (board) finances water
projects throughout the state. Current law requires the board to prioritize

projects that will increase the beneficial consumptive use of Colorado's
undeveloped compact-entitled waters. The bill includes within this
priority a specific priority for projects that increase or improve water
storage in the South Platte river basin as a means of increasing the
beneficial consumptive use of undeveloped water entitled under the South
Platte river compact and in a manner that reduces reliance on
transmountain diversions.

• March 28, 2022: House Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Committee Report
• February 24, 2022: Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee Report

The bill implements a number of measures to protect pollinators
and people throughout the state. Section 1 of the bill makes legislative
findings.
Section 2 restricts the use of pesticides on the grounds of a school,
preschool program, child care center, or children's resident camp and
requires that notification be sent when a pesticide is used at such a

location. The executive director of the department of public health and
environment may adopt rules to implement section 2.
Section 3 requires the executive director of the department of
natural resources or the executive director's designee (DNR executive
director) to conduct a study on how to address pollinator decline and
increase pollinator health in the state. In conducting the study, the DNR
executive director shall consult with other state agencies and with
scientists with expertise in pollinator health, ecological processes,
biodiversity, native plants, and ecological land management. The DNR
executive director shall submit a report of the study to the general
assembly and the governor on or before January 1, 2024.
Section 4 creates a pilot grant program in the department of
agriculture to provide financial grants to agricultural producers to test the
use of noncoated seed-applied systemic insecticide on their crops.
Sections 5 and 6 require the commissioner of agriculture to adopt
rules designating as restricted-use certain pesticides that contain an active
ingredient belonging to the neonicotinoid class of insecticides or the
sulfoxomine class of insecticides, but allowing the use of such pesticides
in pet care, personal care, wood preservatives, and indoor pest-control
products and products used on golf courses. The commissioner's rules
will not affect the use of the restricted-use pesticides for agricultural
purposes.
Sections 7 through 10 authorize local governments to regulate
pesticide use and remove certain preemptions regarding local government
regulation of pesticide use.

• March 03, 2022: Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee Report

Section 1 of the bill requires each insurance company issued a
certificate of authority to transact insurance business to prepare and file
an annual report with the insurance commissioner providing a
climate-risk assessment for the insurance company's investment portfolio
from the previous 12 months. The commissioner of insurance is required
to post the reports on the division of insurance's website. Section 1

defines climate-risk assessment as a determination of the economic and
business risks that climate change poses to an investment.
Section 2 requires the board of trustees of the public employees'
retirement association (PERA board) to prepare a similar annual report
and post it on the PERA board's website.
Section 3 updates the statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emission
reduction goals to add a 40% reduction goal for 2028 compared to 2005
GHG pollution levels and a 75% reduction goal for 2040 compared to
2005 GHG pollution levels.
Section 4 defines a small off-road engine as a gasoline-powered
engine of 50 horsepower or less used to fuel small off-road equipment
like lawn mowers and leaf blowers. Section 4 phases out the use of small
off-road engines by prohibiting their sale in nonattainment areas of the
state on or after January 1, 2030, and by providing financial incentives to
promote the replacement of small off-road engines with electric-powered,
small off-road equipment before 2030.
Section 11 establishes a state income tax credit in an amount equal
to 30% of the purchase price for new, electric-powered, small off-road
equipment for purchases made in income tax years 2023 through 2029.
Section 6 gives the oil and gas conservation commission authority
over class VI injection wells used for sequestration of GHG, including
through the issuance and enforcement of permits.
Section 7 requires the commissioner of agriculture or the
commissioner's designee, in consultation with the Colorado energy office
and the air quality control commission, to conduct a study examining
carbon reduction and sequestration opportunities in the agricultural sector
in the state, including the potential development of certified carbon offset
programs or credit instruments. On or before December 15, 2022, the
commissioner of agriculture or the commissioner's designee is required
to submit a report summarizing the study, including any legislative
recommendations, to the general assembly.
In support of the use of agrivoltaics, which is the colocation of
solar energy generation facilities on a parcel of land with agricultural
activities, section 8 authorizes the Colorado agriculture value-added
development board (board) to provide financing, including grants or
loans, for agricultural research on the use of agrivoltaics. For a research
project for which the board awards money to study the use of agrivoltaics,
sections 5 and 8 require the director of the division of parks and wildlife
to consult on the research project regarding the wildlife impacts of
agrivoltaic use.
Section 9 authorizes the board to seek, accept, and expend gifts,
grants, and donations, including donations of in-kind resources such as
solar panels, for use in agricultural research projects. Section 9 also
updates the statutory definition of agrivoltaics to list additional
agricultural activities on the parcel of land on which solar panel
generation facilities may be colocated, including animal husbandry, cover
cropping for soil health, and carbon sequestration.
Section 10 amends the statutory definition of solar energy
facility used in determining the valuation of public utilities for property
tax purposes to include agrivoltaics.

• May 09, 2022: House Appropriations Committee Report
• May 05, 2022: House Finance Committee Report
• April 28, 2022: House Energy & Environment Committee Report
• April 19, 2022: Senate Appropriations Committee Report
• March 30, 2022: Senate Finance Committee Report
• March 15, 2022: Senate Transportation & Energy Committee Report

The bill requires the executive director of the department of
natural resources or the executive director's designee (executive director)
to conduct a study as soon as practicable regarding the challenges
associated with native pollinating insect decline, their associated
ecosystems, and their health and resilience in the state. Based on the
results of the study, the executive director is required to make

recommendations:
  • For the protection of native pollinating insects;
  • On best practices for state agencies in implementing
policies and practices regarding native pollinating insects;
and
  • On how to develop education and outreach programming.
On or before January 1, 2024, the executive director shall submit
to the general assembly and the governor a report summarizing the study
and the executive director's recommendations based on the study.

• May 09, 2022: House Appropriations Committee Report
• May 03, 2022: House Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Committee Report
• April 29, 2022: Senate Appropriations Committee Report
• April 19, 2022: Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee Report

The bill continues the spending authority granted to the department
of agriculture as follows:
  • The $3 million appropriation in Senate Bill 21-235 from
the agriculture value-added cash fund to make grants to
implement renewable energy and energy efficiency

projects, conduct energy audits, and provide technical
assistance is continued through the end of the 2022-23 state
fiscal year;
  • The $2.5 million appropriation in Senate Bill 21-203 from
the general fund for use by the agricultural markets division
for the Colorado proud program, is continued through the
end of the 2023-24 state fiscal year; and
  • The $5 million appropriation in House Bill 21-1262 from
the Colorado state fair authority cash fund for use by the
Colorado state fair is continued through the end of the
2022-23 state fiscal year.

• May 04, 2022: House Appropriations Committee Report
• April 29, 2022: Senate Appropriations Committee Report