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SB 25-188

Fiscal Year 2025-26 Legislative Appropriation Bill

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Jennifer Bacon and 10 co-sponsors

The bill appropriates a total of $74,577,313 for FY 2025‑26 to the Colorado Legislative Department, detailing allocations to each entity and allowing limited carryforward for docum

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Bill Summary · SB 25-188

SB 25‑188 — Fiscal Year 2025‑26 Legislative Appropriation Bill

Status: Governor signed (Apr 17, 2025) | Introduced: Mar 3, 2025

Purpose

Appropriates operating funds for the Colorado Legislative Department for FY 2025‑26 and modifies a prior FY 2024‑25 appropriation to allow limited carryforward for document remediation.

Key provisions

  • Total FY 2025‑26 appropriation to the Legislative Department: $74,577,313
    • $72,829,086 General Fund
    • $5,000 cash funds
    • $1,743,227 reappropriated funds
  • Agency-specific allocations (amounts and assumed FTE):
    • General Assembly: $24,804,210 (includes $24,799,210 GF; 173.4 FTE)
    • Office of the State Auditor: $13,961,277 ($12,359,050 GF; $1,602,227 reappropriated; 83.1 FTE)
    • Joint Budget Committee: $3,013,629 (GF; 20.3 FTE)
    • Legislative Council: $17,384,445 ($17,243,445 GF; $141,000 reappropriated; 109.9 FTE)
    • Committee on Legal Services: $10,798,740 (GF; 65.1 FTE)
    • PERA Amortization Equalization Disbursement / Supplemental: $4,615,012 (GF)
  • Section 2: Appropriates $5,000 GF to the Youth Advisory Council Cash Fund (accounting handled by the Legislative Department).
  • Section 3: Amends Session Laws 2024 (HB24‑1347) to specify that $150,000 of the FY 2024‑25 General Fund appropriation to the Legislative Council, if unexpended before July 1, 2025, is further appropriated to the Legislative Department for FY 2025‑26 for document remediation.
  • Informational note: the General Assembly anticipates approximately $188,902 returned to the General Fund in FY 2025‑26 from the civil‑action tax levy to offset statutory revision expenses (informational only).

Fiscal and staffing impact

  • Total staff assumptions across affected legislative entities sum to ~451.8 FTE (agency-level counts are listed above).
  • General Fund obligations reduce the pool of GF available for other FY 2025‑26 appropriations by the amounts shown.
  • Earlier bill versions and committee packets included alternate totals and a proposed one‑time $1.0 million transfer from the Legislative Department Cash Fund to the General Fund; that transfer does not appear in the final signed act.

Who is affected

  • Primary beneficiaries/recipients: Legislative Department entities (General Assembly, Legislative Council, Joint Budget Committee, Office of the State Auditor, Committee on Legal Services) and the Youth Advisory Council Cash Fund.
  • Indirectly affects state budgeting through General Fund commitments and PERA amortization disbursements.

Legislative action / timeline

  • Introduced in Senate: Mar 3, 2025 (assigned to Appropriations)
  • Passed Senate (with amendments): Mar 11 & Mar 12, 2025
  • Passed House (with committee amendments): Mar 25 & Mar 26, 2025
  • House concurrence / Senate repass: Mar 28, 2025
  • Sent to Governor: Apr 7, 2025
  • Governor signed: Apr 17, 2025

Sponsors

Primary: Sen. James R. Coleman; Sen. Robert Rodriguez; Rep. Julie McCluskie; Rep. Monica Duran. Multiple cosponsors listed in bill history.

Notes: During floor and committee consideration the bill’s appropriation totals and FTEs shifted through several amendments (see legislative history). The signed act reflects the final allocations and language described above.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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