HB 25-1295
Fiscal Note
Legislative Council Staff
Nonpartisan Services for Colorado’s Legislature
HB 25-1295: FOOD TRUCK OPERATIONS
Prime Sponsors:
Rep. Rutinel
Published for: House Trans., Hous., & Local Gov.
Drafting number: LLS 25-0880
Fiscal Analyst:
Brendan Fung, 303-866-4781
brendan.fung@coleg.gov
Version: Initial Fiscal Note
Date: March 10, 2025
Fiscal note status: This fiscal note reflects the introduced bill.
Summary Information
Overview. The bill requires local governments to issue reciprocal licenses and permits to food trucks
operating across jurisdictions and prohibits certain zoning restrictions.
Types of impacts. The bill is projected to affect the following areas on an ongoing basis:
Local Government
Appropriations. No appropriation is required.
Table 1
State Fiscal Impacts
Type of Impact
Budget Year
FY 2025-26
Out Year
FY 2026-27
State Revenue $0 $0
State Expenditures $0 $0
Transferred Funds $0 $0
Change in TABOR Refunds $0 $0
Change in State FTE 0.0 FTE 0.0 FTE
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Summary of Legislation
The bill establishes reciprocal licensing and permitting for food trucks operating across local
jurisdictions and prohibits certain local zoning restrictions.
Reciprocal Licensing
The bill requires local governments to grant reciprocal business licenses, health permits, and fire
safety permits to food truck operators that hold active licenses and permits from another local
jurisdiction. Local governments must review applications for reciprocal licensing and permitting
within 14 days and may deny an applicant under specific circumstances.
Local governments may also levy application, licensing, and permitting fees on operators, not to
exceed actual administrative costs to review the application or 25 percent of the cost of
obtaining standard business, health, and fire safety licenses or permits, respectively. Licenses
and permits may be revoked if operators violate local ordinances and regulations.
Zoning
The bill prohibits a local government from adopting or enforcing any regulation that:
prohibits a food truck from operating in a zone that is permitted for food establishments;
restricts the total number of days a food truck may be operated within a year; or
prohibits the operation of a food truck within a certain distance of a food establishment.
Current local government regulations that violate these provisions are deemed unenforceable.
Local Government
Starting in FY 2025-26, the bill may impact local government revenue and workload. If food
truck operators apply for reciprocal licensing and permitting that otherwise would not have,
revenue from additional fees and workload to review additional applications will increase.
However, if those food truck operators would have applied for standard licensing and permitting
regardless of the bill, there will be reduced workload, and revenue will decrease from reduced
fee amounts. These impacts depend on actions taken by food truck operators and cannot be
estimated.
Local expenditures may also increase if jurisdictions have to review and update zoning
regulations to comply with the bill. This workload is expected to be minimal.
Effective Date
The bill takes effect 90 days following adjournment of the General Assembly sine die, assuming
no referendum petition is filed, and applies to applications submitted and conduct occurring on
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State and Local Government Contacts
Counties
Local Affairs
Municipalities
Special District Association
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.