House Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources

House 26 10:34 we have our bill sponsors in front of us, so we will pass it over to Representative Johnson. Thank you, Madam Chair. Perfect. Yeah. Thank you, Madam Chair. So House Bill 261034 is a targeted technical fix to the unintended consequences that happen in 2023 for House Bill 1161. This bill is not a rollback of water efficiency goals. It is about making the law workable, enforceable and practical for Colorado. So In House Bill 23:1161, it created a point of sales mandate for irrigation controllers and added check valve requirements that were not fully vetted with manufacturers, distributors or regulators. As a result, the law creates confusion, higher costs and product availability gaps with no clear enforcement pathway. The concerns are there is no recognized testing or certification standard for irrigation check valves, leaving CDPHE without a clear way to enforce the law. Many complaint products, complacent products, simply do not exist, especially for scrub systems, modular controllers and cold climate applications. Colorado would be the only state in the nation with these combined requirements. So this legislation is needed because the law is scheduled to take effect before the issues can be resolved administratively. So…