First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 25-0513.01 Richard Sweetman x4333
HOUSE BILL 25-1113
House Committees Senate Committees
Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources
A BILL FOR AN ACT
C
ONCERNING LIMITING THE USE OF CERTAIN LANDSCAPING PRACTICES101
IN NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT .102
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov
.)
In the 2024 regular legislative session, the general assembly
enacted Senate Bill 24-005, which:
! Prohibits a local entity, on and after January 1, 2026, from
installing, planting, or placing, or allowing any person to
install, plant, or place, any nonfunctional turf, artificial turf,
or invasive plant species, as part of a new development
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Smith and McCormick,
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Roberts,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. project or redevelopment project, on any portion of
applicable property within the local entity's jurisdiction;
and
! Requires a local entity, on or before January 1, 2026, to
enact or amend ordinances, resolutions, regulations, or
other laws regulating new development projects and
redevelopment projects on applicable property in
accordance with the new requirements.
For the purposes of Senate Bill 24-005, the bill expands the
definition of "applicable property" to include residential real property that
is used for apartment or condominium housing (applicable residential real
property).
The bill also requires each local entity to enact or amend, on or
before January 1, 2028, ordinances, resolutions, regulations, or other laws
regulating new development projects and redevelopment projects within
the local entity's jurisdiction to limit the installation of turf for all
residential real property that is not applicable residential real property.
Local entities must also impose limits on the installation of turf when
enacting or amending ordinances, resolutions, regulations, or other laws
on and after January 1, 2028.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 37-99-102, amend2
(1)(a)(II) and (1)(a)(III); repeal (1)(b); and add (1)(a)(IV), (1.5), and3
(14.5) as follows:4
37-99-102. Definitions. As used in this article 99, unless the5
context otherwise requires:6
(1) (a) "Applicable property" means:7
(II) Common interest community property; or
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(III) A street right-of-way, parking lot, median, or transportation9
corridor;
OR10
(IV) A
PPLICABLE RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY .11
(b) "Applicable property" does not include residential property.
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(1.5) "A
PPLICABLE RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY " MEANS13
RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY THAT IS USED FOR APARTMENT OR14
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(14.5) "R
ESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY" HAS THE MEANING SET2
FORTH IN SECTION 39-1-102 (14.5).3
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 37-99-103, add (5)4
as follows:5
37-99-103. Prohibition of nonfunctional turf, artificial turf,6
and invasive plant species - local entities - construction or renovation7
of state facilities. (5) O
N OR BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2028, A LOCAL ENTITY8
SHALL ENACT OR AMEND ORDINANCES , RESOLUTIONS, REGULATIONS, OR9
OTHER LAWS REGULATING NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND10
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ON APPLICABLE PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE11
WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION TO INCLUDE CONSIDERATION12
OF APPLICABLE RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY .13
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 37-99-104 as14
follows:15
37-99-104. Limitations on turf in new residential real property16
- local entities. (1) O
N OR BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2028, EACH LOCAL ENTITY17
SHALL ENACT OR AMEND ORDINANCES , RESOLUTIONS, REGULATIONS, OR18
OTHER LAWS REGULATING NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND19
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITHIN THE LOCAL ENTITY 'S JURISDICTION TO20
LIMIT THE INSTALLATION OF TURF FOR ALL RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY21
THAT IS NOT APPLICABLE RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY .22
(2) O
N AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 2028, WHEN ENACTING OR23
AMENDING ORDINANCES , RESOLUTIONS, REGULATIONS, OR OTHER LAWS24
REGULATING NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND REDEVELOPMENT25
PROJECTS, A LOCAL ENTITY SHALL LIMIT THE INSTALLATION OF TURF FOR26
ALL RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY THAT IS NOT APPLICABLE RESIDENTIAL27
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(3) E
ACH LOCAL ENTITY MAY CHOOSE THE STANDARD OR2
MECHANISM BY WHICH THE LOCAL ENTITY LIMITS TURF IN NEW3
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OF RESIDENTIAL4
REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION .5
SECTION 4. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act6
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the7
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except8
that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V9
of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this10
act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take11
effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in12
November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the13
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.14
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