Committee advances technical fix to 2023 irrigation controller and check‑valve rules

Feb 12, 2026

The House Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Committee advanced House Bill 26‑1034, a narrow technical correction to parts of 2023’s House Bill 23‑1161 that witnesses said would create product‑availability and enforcement problems; an amendment requested by CDPHE was adopted and the committee voted 13–0 to refer the bill to the Committee of the Whole.

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The House Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Committee advanced House Bill 26‑1034 on a unanimous voice and roll‑call showing after testimony from irrigation designers, manufacturers and distributors that said parts of 2023’s House Bill 23‑1161 would be impracticable to implement in many real‑world irrigation systems.

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