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Colorado · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 25-137: Greenhouse Gas Credits for Water Quality Projects

Introduced Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 25-137 is a bill introduced in the Colorado Senate on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Greenhouse Gas Credits for Water Quality Projects. Primary sponsor: Cleave Simpson (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 5, 2025): Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Postpone Indefinitely.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

The bill authorizes the owner or operator of a water quality green infrastructure project (project) to sell or trade any greenhouse gas credits (GHG credit) created by the project in the GHG credit trading program (trading program) that is established by the air quality control commission (AQCC) by rule. The owner or operator that is conducting a project shall pay an independent third-party auditor to certify the GHG credits created by the project in order to sell or transfer those GHG credits in the trading program. The division of administration in the department of public health and environment (division) shall monitor the sale and transfer of the GHG credits created from a project in the trading program and permit owners and operators of facilities that are regulated by the AQCC and the division and participating in the trading program to purchase the GHG credits in order to reach certain greenhouse gas compliance targets. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Cleave SimpsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate6

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Postpone Indefinitely
  2. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source