Bill
SB 25-108
Provides a supplemental $45.5 million to the Department of State for FY 2024–25 to fund staffing, IT modernization, elections reimbursements, electronic recording, and licensing fu
Status and timeline
- Introduced: February 3, 2025 (Senate)
- Passed both chambers (Senate 2/6/2025; House 2/13/2025)
- Sent to Governor: 2/21/2025
- Governor signed: 2/27/2025
- Effective: includes a “safety clause” declaring immediacy for appropriations
Purpose / intent
- Provides a supplemental appropriation for the Department of State for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024 (amends Part XXI of HB 24‑1430). The bill supplies additional resources to support department operations, information technology, elections activities (including county reimbursements), electronic recording, and licensing functions.
Key provisions and major line items
- Total supplemental appropriation (Part XXI): $45,480,778 (state funds), plus $309,604 federal funds shown.
- Division-level totals (approximate):
- Administration Division — $16,862,808 (includes Electronic Recording appropriations shown for informational purposes)
- Personal services: $2,826,733 (25.6 FTE)
- Electronic Recording item: $5,479,432 (I) — shown as informational because the Electronic Recording Technology Fund is continuously appropriated
- Information Technology Division — $11,550,404
- Personal services: $7,381,592 (48.5 FTE)
- Hardware/software, maintenance, IT asset management
- Elections Division — $13,484,717
- Personal services: $3,649,125 (44.5 FTE)
- Local election reimbursement: $8,271,135
- Help America Vote Act program and document management funding
- Business & Licensing Division — $3,582,849
- Personal services: $3,131,679 (42.9 FTE)
- Business intelligence/project support
- Fund sources called out:
- Majority from the Department of State Cash Fund (§24‑21‑104(3)(b), C.R.S.)
- Electronic Recording Technology Fund (§24‑21‑404(1)(a)) — continuous appropriation (informational)
- $2,429,601 General Fund shown in totals
- $309,604 Federal funds (primarily for Help America Vote Act-related items)
Notable footnotes / limits
- Local election reimbursement flexibility: if actual county reimbursements required by §1‑5‑505.5, C.R.S. exceed the specified cash fund amount, the Department may spend up to 115% of the cash fund amount to meet reimbursements.
- Use restrictions: General Fund may be used only for reimbursements to counties for direct election costs; cash funds may be used for direct election costs or election security.
- A small amount ($234,488) of the Help America Vote Act line is transferred into the Federal Elections Assistance Fund for federal HAVA implementation; $10,000 (I) is shown from that federal fund for informational purposes.
Who is affected / expected impact
- Department of State operations: staffing, IT modernization, and ongoing administrative costs
- Counties: reimbursement for local election costs and election security support
- Vendors and technology projects: funded IT/hardware/software and electronic recording activities
- Fiscal impact: the appropriation is largely financed from Department of State cash funds and the Electronic Recording Technology Fund, with a modest General Fund component (~$2.43 million) and a small federal fund component.
Sponsors
- Senate: Jeff Bridges (primary), Barbara Kirkmeyer, Julie Amabile
- House: Shannon Bird (primary), Elena Sirota, T. Story, J. McCluskie, R. Taggart, M. Duran
Bottom line
SB 25‑108 is a supplemental budget bill that allocates approximately $45.5 million across the Department of State’s four divisions to support personnel, IT projects, elections (including county reimbursements), electronic recording, and licensing functions for FY 2024–25. The bill relies mainly on department cash funds and statutory continuous appropriations, includes specific footnote limits for election reimbursements, and has been enacted.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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