SB 25-034
Fiscal Note
Legislative Council Staff
Nonpartisan Services for Colorado’s Legislature
SB 25-034: VOLUNTARY DO-NOT-SELL FIREARMS WAIVER
Prime Sponsors:
Sen. Kipp
Rep. Boesenecker
Published for: Senate State Affairs
Drafting number: LLS 25-0082
Fiscal Analyst:
Clayton Mayfield, 303-866-5851
clayton.mayfield@coleg.gov
Version: Initial Fiscal Note
Date: January 22, 2025
Fiscal note status: The fiscal note reflects the introduced bill.
Summary Information
Overview. The bill establishes a process for a person to voluntarily waive their right to purchase firearms
and requires the Department of Public Safety to develop an online portal for these waivers. It also creates
a related civil infraction.
Types of impacts. The bill is projected to affect the following areas on an ongoing basis starting in
FY 2025-26:
State Revenue
State Expenditures
Local Government
Appropriations. For FY 2025-26, the bill requires an appropriation of $209,853 to the Department of
Public Safety.
Table 1
State Fiscal Impacts
Type of Impact
Budget Year
FY 2025-26
Out Year
FY 2026-27
State Revenue $0 $0
State Expenditures (General Fund) $209,853 $26,000
Transferred Funds $0 $0
Change in TABOR Refunds $0 $0
Change in State FTE 0.0 FTE 0.0 FTE Page 2
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Summary of Legislation
The bill establishes a process to allow a person to voluntarily waive their right to purchase a
firearm. Waivers must be submitted to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation in the Department
of Public Safety (CDPS). The CDPS must develop an online portal for waiver submission and
verify the identity of persons submitting waivers. The CDPS must also update any state or
federal computer-based systems used to identify prohibited purchasers of firearms to reflect the
status of the waiver, such that when waivers are in effect, firearm transfers to a person with a
waiver are denied.
During waiver submission, a person may designate one or more contact persons. The CDPS
must notify contact persons when a person with a waiver attempts to purchase a firearm, and if
the person with a waiver revokes the waiver. Waivers may be revoked after filing with the CDPS.
A waiver remains in effect for 30 days after the CDPS receives a revocation request, after which
the CDPS must update relevant computer-based systems and destroy all records of the waiver.
Finally, it is a civil infraction punishable by a fine of up to $25 for a person with a waiver in effect
to attempt to purchase a firearm.
Comparable Crime Analysis
Legislative Council Staff is required to include certain information in the fiscal note for any bill
that creates a new crime, changes the classification of an existing crime, or creates a new factual
basis for an existing crime. The following section outlines crimes that are comparable to the
offense in this bill and discusses assumptions on future rates of criminal convictions resulting
from the bill.
Prior Conviction Data and Assumptions
This bill creates the new offense of unlawful attempted firearm purchase while subject to a
voluntary waiver, a civil infraction. To form an estimate on the prevalence of this new crime, the
fiscal note analyzed the existing offense of unlawful purchase of a firearm under the age of 21, a
class 2 misdemeanor, as a comparable crime. From FY 2021-22 to FY 2023-24, one White male
has been sentenced and convicted for this existing offense. Because the bill is not expected to
have a tangible impact on criminal justice-related expenditures or revenue at the state or local
levels, these potential impacts are not discussed further in this fiscal note. Visit
leg.colorado.gov/fiscalnotes for more information about criminal justice costs in fiscal notes.
State Expenditures
The bill increases state expenditures in the CDPS by about $210,000 in FY 2025-26 and $26,000
in FY 2026-27 and ongoing. These costs, paid from the General Fund, are summarized in Table 2
and discussed below. Page 3
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Table 2
State Expenditures
Department of Public Safety
Cost Component
Budget Year
FY 2025-26
Out Year
FY 2026-27
Waiver Portal $130,000 $26,000
OIT Project Management $79,853 $0
Total Costs $209,853 $26,000
Department of Public Safety
The CDPS requires $210,000 in FY 2025-26 to pay a vendor for development and
implementation of a waiver portal, and for payments to the Office of Information Technology
(OIT) for project management services. Starting in FY 2026-27, the CDPS requires $26,000 for
portal support and maintenance payments to a vendor. This amount is estimated to increase by
3 percent annually in future years. Workload in the CDPS will increase to actively use the portal
and manage the waiver process, but this workload can be absorbed with existing resources and
no additional appropriations are required for this effort.
Effective Date
The bill takes effect 90 days following adjournment of the General Assembly sine die, assuming
no referendum petition is filed.
State Appropriations
For FY 2025-26, the bill requires a General Fund appropriation of $209,853 to the Department of
Public Safety. Of this amount, $79,853 is reappropriated to the Office of Information
Technology.
State and Local Government Contacts
District Attorneys
Information Technology
Judicial
Public Safety
Revenue
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.