SB 101: Local Government Landfill Methane Emission Reduction Regulations - Colorado

Final Act → Signed Act · 3 edits · May 21, 2026

MINOR

This bill updates the text of Senate Bill 26-101 to reflect its final passage and signing into law. It corrects formatting errors, fixes a typo in a date reference (changing '2025' to '2026'), and adjusts spacing in legal citations. The substantive policy content regarding landfill methane regulations and funding priorities remains unchanged.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; the text updates are purely administrative and technical.

TECHNICAL

Corrected the bill title and sponsor list to match the final signed version, removing placeholder text about legislative status.

Fixed a date typo in the legislative declaration, changing the regulation adoption date from December 2025 to December 2026 to align with the effective date.

Adjusted spacing and formatting in legal citations and section headers to comply with standard legislative style.

Rerevised → Final Act · 4 edits · May 4, 2026

MODERATE

This bill updates the legislative text of SB 101 to reflect its final passage, removing draft markings and adding a formal note regarding the Governor's signature. Substantively, it clarifies that two specific state funds (the Community Impact Cash Fund and the Local Government Mineral Impact Fund) can be used to help entities comply with new landfill methane regulations. It explicitly prioritizes grants for local governments over private entities and clarifies that these funds are supplemental, not a complete replacement for other required financing.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on assisting entities with landfill methane compliance, but the text now explicitly defines the eligibility priority (local governments first) and the nature of the funding (supplemental only).

FISCAL

Added explicit authority to use the Community Impact Cash Fund and Local Government Mineral Impact Fund for landfill methane reduction projects.

ELIGIBILITY

Established a priority system where grant requests from local governments ownning landfills are prioritized over those from private entities.

REQUIREMENT

Clarified that funds provided by the state are intended as supplemental funding and do not relieve entities of the responsibility to secure adequate total funding for compliance.

TECHNICAL

Removed draft session headers, committee lists, and summary notes, replacing them with final act signatures and formal legislative declarations.

Revised → Rerevised · 4 edits · Apr 30, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was re-revised to include additional House sponsors and updated committee assignments, while removing a section that detailed specific state funds intended to help pay for landfill methane reduction projects. This deletion removes the legislative declaration that existing environmental justice and mineral impact funds should be prioritized for these compliance costs, potentially altering how financial assistance is structured or justified for affected entities.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding financial assistance declarations was narrowed by removing the specific reference to existing state funds for landfill compliance, though the core requirement for methane emission reduction remains.

FISCAL

Deleted a section declaring that existing state funds (Community Impact Cash Fund and Local Government Mineral Impact Fund) should be used to help entities comply with landfill methane regulations.

TECHNICAL

Added a new header indicating the bill is '3rd Reading Unamended' with a specific date of April 30, 2026.

Added numerous new names to the list of House sponsors, expanding the coalition supporting the bill.

Updated the document title from 'REVISED' to 'REREVISED' and adjusted the explanatory text regarding amendments.

Reengrossed → Revised · 4 edits · Apr 29, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was revised to reflect amendments adopted during the second reading in the Senate, updating the header to indicate it includes all such amendments. The text also added new blank lines and a specific reading date (April 29, 2026) to the title page. Substantively, the bill removed a section detailing the purpose of the bill and the specific text for adding a new subsection to a state statute regarding community impact cash funds, effectively deleting those legislative instructions.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding the inclusion of House amendments was updated in the header, but the substantive text previously detailing the addition of a new funding statute was removed.

REQUIREMENT

Deleted the introductory text explaining the bill's purpose regarding landfill methane compliance and funding for local governments.

Removed the specific instruction to add a new subsection (3)(g) to Colorado Revised Statutes 25-7-129 concerning the community impact cash fund.

TECHNICAL

Added a specific date (April 29, 2026) and reading status to the title page.

Inserted several blank lines in the title section.

Engrossed → Reengrossed · 3 edits · Apr 20, 2026

MINOR

The bill was reengrossed to include additional sponsors and updated the bill summary to reflect its status as the 3rd Reading Unamended version. The substantive text of the bill remains unchanged, as the provided diff only shows formatting updates and the removal of a specific line regarding environmental mitigation grants in disproportionately impacted communities, which appears to be a formatting artifact rather than a policy deletion.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; the text describes the same environmental mitigation grant program.

TECHNICAL

Added new co-sponsors (Ball, Benavidez, Catlin, Coleman, Jodeh, Kirkmeyer, Simpson, Snyder) to the Senate sponsorship list.

Updated the bill summary header to indicate this is the '3rd Reading Unamended' version dated April 20, 2026, replacing the previous 'Engrossed' status.

Removed a specific line describing grants for methane emission reduction projects in disproportionately impacted communities; this appears to be a formatting error or artifact in the source text rather than a legislative deletion.

Introduced → Engrossed · 4 edits · Apr 17, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was amended to clarify that the Community Impact Cash Fund and Local Government Mineral Impact Fund can be used to help entities comply with new methane emission regulations for landfills. It also added a legislative declaration explaining the purpose of these funds and prioritized assistance for locally owned landfills.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to explicitly link existing environmental funds to compliance with Regulation Number 31 regarding landfill methane emissions.

FISCAL

Added a legislative declaration stating that money from the Community Impact Cash Fund and Local Government Mineral Impact Fund may be used to assist entities in complying with Regulation Number 31.

ELIGIBILITY

Prioritized financial assistance for municipal solid waste landfills owned or operated by local governments due to their limited access to private capital.

REQUIREMENT

Modified the statutory language to specify that grants must be for projects conducted in accordance with rules adopted by the Air Quality Control Commission under Article 7.

DEFINITION

Added a definition of the Community Impact Cash Fund to clarify its role in providing financial assistance for environmental mitigation projects.

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