SB 141 CO

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Beginning on January 1, 2027, the act authorizes an optional collision prevention fee (fee), which is collected at the time of registration of a passenger motor vehicle, light-weight truck, motorcycle, or recreational vehicle (motor vehicle). An individual may decline to pay the fee when registering a motor vehicle, and nonpayment of the fee does not affect the individual's ability to register the motor vehicle. In connection with imposing the fee, the statewide bridge and tunnel enterprise (enterprise) within the department of transportation (department) is required to collaborate with:The department of revenue and county clerks to develop language to notify individuals about the fee, including explicit language regarding the ability to decline to pay the fee and the fact that nonpayment of the fee will not affect an individual's ability to register a motor vehicle; andThe department of revenue, the department, county clerks, the division of parks and wildlife, and other impacted stakeholders to conduct a public outreach campaign to educate the public about the fee and what benefits the fee will provide. The enterprise is required to initiate the public outreach campaign as soon as practicable and must develop and deliver customer-facing educational materials to county clerks on or before December 1, 2026.The fee amount is set at $5 and, beginning in state fiscal year 2028-29, the enterprise is allowed to adjust this fee amount upward for inflation.     75% of the revenue from the fee is credited to the newly created collision prevention fund (fund), which is continuously appropriated to the enterprise for use in the following ways:To fund wildlife safe passage projects, defined as one or more projects that reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions and improve habitat connectivity by providing wildlife road crossings;To provide matching money as required by federal grant programs relating to wildlife safe passage projects; To expend for administrative and personnel expenses related to those purposes; andTo promote the fee and fund to maximize participation in the optional fee, in collaboration with the department of revenue, impacted stakeholders, and interested organizations.In determining which wildlife safe passage projects the enterprise will undertake, the enterprise is required to:Consult with the division of parks and wildlife (division) and the Colorado wildlife and transportation alliance;Consult with the tribal government if the project is on or adjacent to tribal land;Consult with relevant local governments with jurisdiction over the area of the proposed project and any relevant local organizations engaging in work to reduce vehicle collisions;Consider studies concerning the prioritization of wildlife within the state;Consider whether the wildlife safe passage project is related to a bridge or tunnel project undertaken by the enterprise; andIn consultation with the division, consider opportunities for landowner agreements or additional conservation efforts that may be necessary to ensure the continued functionality of infrastructure associated with a proposed wildlife safe passage project.     25% of the revenue from the fee is credited to the wildlife cash fund and continuously appropriated to the division to provide services related to wildlife connectivity and wildlife crossing-related conservation efforts.     The act also modifies the process for the keep Colorado wild pass fee, which is an existing optional fee paid at the time an individual registers a motor vehicle, to align with the process for the collision prevention fee by removing the presumption that an individual who declines to pay the keep Colorado wild pass fee is presumed to decline to pay that fee in subsequent years with respect to registration of the same motor vehicle. With this change, an individual must affirmatively opt out of the payment of both the keep Colorado wild pass fee and the collision prevention fee each year that the individual registers the motor vehicle.     For the 2026-27 state fiscal year:$53,516 is appropriated from the DRIVES cash fund to the department of revenue for use by the division of motor vehicles; Of funds appropriated from the parks and outdoor recreation cash fund to the department of natural resources for use by the division, $778 is reappropriated to the department of revenue for use by the division of motor vehicles; and$19,940 is appropriated from the legal services cash fund, from revenue received from the department from the collision prevention fund, to the department of law to provide legal services for the department.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

• D. Roberts Democratic · sponsor
• C. Simpson Republican · sponsor
• J. McCluskie Democratic · sponsor
• R. Taggart Republican · sponsor
• M. Catlin Republican · sponsor
• L. Cutter Democratic · sponsor
• J. Danielson Democratic · sponsor
• L. Frizell Republican · sponsor
• N. Hinrichsen Democratic · sponsor
• I. Jodeh Democratic · sponsor
• C. Kipp Democratic · sponsor
• W. Lindstedt Democratic · sponsor
• L. Liston Republican · sponsor
• K. Mullica Democratic · sponsor
• M. Snyder Democratic · sponsor
• K. Wallace Democratic · sponsor
• A. Boesenecker Democratic · sponsor
• M. Lukens Democratic · sponsor
• M. Martinez Democratic · sponsor
• K. McCormick Democratic · sponsor
• A. Paschal Democratic · sponsor
• L. Smith Democratic · sponsor
• K. Stewart Democratic · sponsor
• R. Stewart Democratic · sponsor
• B. Titone Democratic · sponsor
• E. Velasco Democratic · sponsor

1. May 27, 2026 Governor Signed · executive
2. May 20, 2026 Sent to the Governor · executive
3. May 20, 2026 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
4. May 20, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
5. May 4, 2026 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
6. May 1, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments · lower
7. May 1, 2026 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
8. Apr 20, 2026 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations · lower
9. Apr 13, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance · lower
10. Apr 13, 2026 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
11. Apr 10, 2026 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee · upper
12. Apr 10, 2026 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
13. Mar 31, 2026 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations · upper
14. Mar 25, 2026 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Finance · upper
15. Mar 16, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy · upper