Battery Assessment Submission Deadline Change

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text refers to 'the department' submitting the assessment, while the summary mentions a 'battery stewardship organization'; the explanation uses the term from the summary but notes the submission requirement without defining who exactly performs it based solely on this excerpt.

Extends Deadline for Battery Management Assessment Submission

This law changes the date by which a battery stewardship organization must submit an assessment about end-of-life battery management to Colorado lawmakers from March 1, 2028, to March 1, 2029.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the deadline in state law for submitting the assessment from March 1, 2028, to March 1, 2029.
• Updates section (5) of Colorado Revised Statutes 25-17-1009 with the new date.

Who It Names or Affects

• The entity required by law to submit the assessment on battery end-of-life management.
• The General Assembly, which receives the submitted assessment report.

Limits and Unknowns

• This bill only changes the submission deadline; it does not change what must be in the assessment or when the assessment itself must be completed.
• The law takes effect after a ninety-day period following legislative adjournment unless voters file a referendum petition to challenge it.

Official Summary Text

Senate Bill 25-163, enacted in 2025, requires a battery stewardship organization to complete an assessment of the opportunities and challenges associated with the end-of-life management of certain batteries in the state. A battery stewardship organization is required to complete the assessment on or before December 1, 2028, and submit the completed assessment to the general assembly on or before March 1, 2028.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Current Bill Text

HOUSE BILL 26-1219
BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Bradley and Espenoza, Carter, Duran, Phillips;
also SENATOR(S) Ball and Rich, Coleman.
CONCERNING EXTENDING THE DEADLINE BY WHICH A BATTERY
STEWARDSHIP ORGANIZATION MUST SUBMIT AN ASSESSMENT
REGARDING THE END-OF-LIFE MANAGEMENT OF CERTAIN BA ITERIES
TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25-17-1009, amend (5)
as follows:
25-17-1009.
required.
Assessment of battery-containing products
( 5) The department shall submit the assessment completed pursuant
to this section to the general assembly on or before March 1, 2028 MARCH
1, 2029.
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes
through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of
the act.
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August
12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026); except that, if a
referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state
constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within
such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless
approved by the people at the general election to be held in November 2026
and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of
the vote thereon by the governor.
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CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
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