House passes $208 million Colorado water package

House passes water package

The House passed a water package that includes for Colorado. The measure is the central action in the development, and its passage places the package in the next stage of the legislative process.

The available description does not identify the bill number, the vote date, the vote tally or the specific Colorado projects connected to the funding. The figure is the amount identified for Colorado in the package.

Pipeline bill effort

Lawmakers also made another attempt to revive a pipeline bill that had been vetoed. The effort is separate from the water package, although both developments involve water or water-related infrastructure.

The details identify the pipeline legislation as vetoed and describe the latest action as an attempt to revive it. They do not establish whether the effort succeeded, what procedure lawmakers used or what action would come next.

What happens next

The water package and the pipeline measure now face separate next steps in the legislative process. The package’s passage means lawmakers can continue considering it under the chamber’s rules. The pipeline effort will turn on whether lawmakers can overcome the earlier veto or otherwise move the legislation forward.

The Canon City Daily Record’s report is linked below. No primary-record link is included here.