Senate committee backs sunset of Colorado biomass utilization grant program

Apr 9, 2026

Senators advanced House Bill 12 13 to the committee of the whole with a favorable recommendation after the sponsor said DNR found insufficient evidence the grants reduced wildfire risk; the measure would end a biomass utilization grant program created after Colorado's severe 2020 wildfire season.

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The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee voted to send House Bill 12 13, a measure to sunset Colorado’s biomass utilization grant program, to the committee of the whole with a favorable recommendation.

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