Bill
SB 25-105
SB 25-105 provides targeted supplemental FY 2024-25 funding to DPS for personnel costs, benefits, operations, school safety, and local distributions from multiple funding sources.
SB 25-105 is a supplemental appropriation bill that provides additional FY 2024‑25 funding to the Colorado Department of Public Safety (DPS). It amends Part XVIII of HB 24‑1430 to allocate funds for personnel, benefits, operating costs, grants, communications, school safety programs, and other DPS responsibilities. The bill does not create new substantive policy; it adjusts and supplements appropriations and funding sources for existing programs and obligations.
Selected line‑item increases and allocations (FY 2024‑25 unless otherwise noted):
- Executive Director’s Office — Administration: multiple personnel and benefit line items (examples shown in the act):
- Personal services and related positions (FTEs reflected across lines)
- Health, life & dental: $32,041,610
- Unfunded liability / amortization payments: $20,412,164
- Salary survey: $11,621,490
- PERA direct distribution: $3,994,134
- Shift differential, temporary employees, workers’ comp, operating expenses and legal services (various amounts)
- Distributions to local governments: $143,486,986
- Colorado Integrated Criminal Justice Information System (CICJIS): $1,526,298 (includes $1,038,988 from indirect cost recoveries)
- Office of School Safety:
- Administrative services: $5,539,655 (includes $5,250,000 from the School Access for Emergency Response Grant Program Cash Fund)
- School Safety Resource Center: $1,998,039
- School Security Disbursement Program: $2,000,000
- Crisis Response Unit: $876,079 (plus FTEs)
- Threat assessment: $303,415
- Witness Protection Program: $83,000 (from the Witness Protection Fund)
- Digital trunk radio payments: $2,100,540
- Payments to OIT, leased space, vehicle lease payments, lease purchase payments, utilities — detailed allocations included
The bill draws on multiple sources:
- General Fund and General Fund Exempt
- Cash funds (including Highway Users Tax Fund, Marijuana Tax Cash Fund, Hazardous Materials Safety Fund, School Access for Emergency Response Grant Program Cash Fund)
- Reappropriated funds and federal funds
- Departmental and statewide indirect cost recoveries
- Continuously appropriated informational sources (e.g., Disaster Emergency Fund, Wildland Fire Cost Recovery Fund, Public Safety Communications Revolving Fund)
Primary sponsors: Sen. Jeff Bridges and Rep. Shannon Bird; numerous cosponsors in both chambers.
Bottom line: SB 25‑105 supplies targeted supplemental FY 2024‑25 funding to DPS to cover personnel costs, benefits, communications, school safety initiatives, local government distributions, and other operational needs, funded through a mix of state, federal, and fund-specific sources.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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