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Senate committee postpones bill to expand agricultural property-tax classification
Summary
The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee voted to postpone indefinitely Senate Bill 29, a proposal to broaden agricultural property-tax classifications. Sponsors said they will return with a revised bill after stakeholder review; one witness urged future action on grazing and soil health.
Senator Rebecca Roberts, sponsor of Senate Bill 29, asked the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on Jan. 29 to postpone the bill indefinitely so sponsors could rework language after stakeholder feedback.
The bill, Roberts said, came out of the Water Resources and Agriculture Review Committee and was intended to expand which kinds of production and livestock qualify for Colorado’s agricultural property-tax classification. “This was a bill very much intended to promote agriculture, promote small producers, in all parts of the state and make sure that we're doing everything we can in this building to keep Colorado agriculture, a vibrant career path and business option for as many people as…
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