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House adopts technical fix to irrigation equipment rules, sponsors say it preserves water‑efficiency goals
Summary
House Bill 10‑34 narrowly repeals or corrects irrigation-controller and check‑valve provisions from a 2023 law to avoid unintended regulatory consequences; sponsors said the bill preserves Colorado's water‑efficiency goals while restoring clearer enforcement language.
Representative Lukens moved the education of the bill and presented a committee amendment requested by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to strike lines 22–26 to avoid unintended regulatory consequences. Representative Johnson described the measure as a targeted, technical fix to problems that resulted from a 2023 law and emphasized it is not a rollback of water‑efficiency goals.
“This bill is not a rollback of any water efficiency goals. It is about making the law workable, enforceable, and practical for Colorado,” Representative Johnson said. A supportive member with landscape experience described the proposal as a practical clean‑up that restores enforceable and understandable mechanisms for irrigation systems.
The House adopted House Bill 10‑34. The Committee of the Whole reported the bill passed on second reading and was placed on the calendar for third reading. No fiscal figures or detailed recorded floor vote for this specific bill were provided in the transcript.
