HB 1332 CO
Legislative Department Cash Fund
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Summary
This bill would transfer $12.674 million from Colorado's legislative department cash fund to the general fund. The bill would establish a fund limit of $8 million for fiscal year 2025-26, with the limit adjusting proportionally based on changes in legislative branch general fund appropriations. Any unexpended balance exceeding the fund limit would be transferred annually to the general fund, except for redistricting accounts and gifts/grants/donations. The bill would codify that public records request revenue goes to the fund and authorize the legislature to seek and expend gifts, grants, and donations.
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Official abstract
The act makes the following changes to the legislative department cash fund (fund):Transfers $12,674,766 from the fund to the general fund;Establishes a fund limit, equal to $8 million for the state fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2025, and, thereafter, adjusts the fund limit proportionally with the percentage change in total general fund appropriations for the legislative branch;Limits reversion of unexpended appropriations to the fund to prevent the balance from exceeding the fund limit and annually transfers any portion of the fund that exceeds the balance to the general fund;Excludes money in the congressional redistricting and legislative redistricting accounts (redistricting accounts) and gifts, grants, and donations in the fund from any calculations related to the fund limit;Codifies that any money received related to public records requests is deposited into the fund and that the house of representatives, the senate, and the legislative service agencies are authorized to seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations; andClarifies that the interest and income in the redistricting accounts in the fund are transferred to the general fund, along with other interest and income from the fund.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Sponsors (6)
- M. Duran Democratic · sponsor
- J. McCluskie Democratic · sponsor
- R. Rodriguez Democratic · sponsor
- C. Simpson Republican · sponsor
- J. Caldwell Republican · sponsor
- J. Coleman Democratic · sponsor
11 coauthors / cosponsors
- J. Bacon Democratic · cosponsor
- A. Boesenecker Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Brown Democratic · cosponsor
- R. Gonzalez Republican · cosponsor
- R. Keltie Republican · cosponsor
- S. Lieder Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Nguyen Democratic · cosponsor
- E. Sirota Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Soper Republican · cosponsor
- R. Taggart Republican · cosponsor
- L. Liston Republican · cosponsor
Action history (13)
- Jun 1, 2026 Governor Signed · executive
- May 28, 2026 Sent to the Governor · executive
- May 28, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
- May 28, 2026 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
- Apr 14, 2026 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass · lower
- Apr 13, 2026 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
- Apr 10, 2026 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee · upper
- Apr 10, 2026 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
- Mar 27, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations · upper
- Mar 24, 2026 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
- Mar 23, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor · lower
- Mar 20, 2026 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
- Mar 12, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations · lower
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