Colorado 2024 2024 Regular Session

Colorado House Bill HB1460 Introduced / Fiscal Note

Filed 07/03/2024

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July 3, 2024  HB 24-1460 
 
 
 
 Legislative Council Staff 
Nonpartisan Services for Colorado’s Legislature 
 
Final Fiscal Note  
   
 
Drafting Number: 
Prime Sponsors: 
LLS 24-0945  
Rep. Herod; Bacon 
Sen. Danielson  
Date: 
Bill Status: 
Fiscal Analyst: 
July 3, 2024 
Lost in House  
Aaron Carpenter | 303-866-4918 
aaron.carpenter@coleg.gov  
Bill Topic: LAW ENFORCEMENT MISCONDUCT  
Summary of  
Fiscal Impact: 
☐ State Revenue 
☒ State Expenditure 
☐ State Transfer 
☐ TABOR Refund 
☒ Local Government 
☐ Statutory Public Entity 
 
The bill would have required the Executive Committee of Legislative Council to 
appoint a working group during the 2024 interim to study the issue of protecting law 
enforcement whistleblowers. The bill would have increased state expenditures and 
local government workload in FY 2024-25 only.  
Appropriation 
Summary: 
For FY 2024-25, the bill would have required an appropriation of $27,708 to the 
Legislative Department.  
Fiscal Note 
Status: 
The final fiscal note reflects the engrossed bill, as amended by L.018. This bill was lost 
in the House on May 3, 2024; therefore, the impacts identified in this analysis do not 
take effect. 
Table 1 
State Fiscal Impacts Under HB 24-1460 
  
Budget Year 
FY 2024-25 
Out Year 
FY 2025-26 
Revenue 
 
-       	-       
Expenditures 	General Fund 	$27,708  	-       
 	Centrally Appropriated 	$4,767  	-       
 	Total Expenditures 	$32,475  	-       
 	Total FTE 	0.3 FTE 	-       
Transfers  	-       	-       
Other Budget Impacts General Fund Reserve 	$4,156  
        
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Summary of Legislation 
The bill requires that the Executive Committee of Legislative Council appoint a working group to 
address protecting law enforcement whistleblowers.  
State Expenditures 
In FY 2024-25 only, the bill increases General Fund expenditures in the Legislative Department to 
reimburse legislative members and to provide support to the working group. The fiscal note 
assumes there will be 6 legislative members and 4 meetings occurring in the interim, and that 
the working group will be staffed by Legislative Council Staff. Table 2 below outlines these costs 
Table 2 
Expenditures Under HB 24-1460 
 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 
Legislative Department    
Personnel Services 	$22,047  	-    
Member Travel and Per-Diem 	$5,661  	-    
Centrally Appropriated Costs
1
 	$4,767  	-    
Total Cost 	$32,475  	- 
Total FTE 	0.3 FTE 	- 
1
 Centrally appropriated costs are not included in the bill's appropriation. 
Other State Agencies. To the extent the working group includes representatives from state 
agencies, workload to those agencies will increase. No change in appropriation is required.    
Local Government  
Similar to the state, to the extent local law enforcement participates on the working group, 
workload will increase.  
State Appropriation 
In FY 2024-25, the bill requires a General Fund appropriation of $27,708 including: 
 $22,047 to Legislative Council Staff and 0.3 FTE; and 
 $5,661 to the General Assembly.  
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Effective Date 
The bill takes effect upon signature of the Governor, or upon becoming law without his signature. 
State and Local Government Contacts 
Legislative Council Staff 
 
 
 
The revenue and expenditure impacts in this fiscal note represent changes from current law under the bill for each 
fiscal year. For additional information about fiscal notes, please visit the General Assembly website.