First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 25-0846.01 Jacob Baus x2173
SENATE BILL 25-125
Senate Committees House Committees
Legal Services
A BILL FOR AN ACT
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ONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON LEGAL101
SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH102
LEGISLATIVE REVIEW OF STATE AGENCIES ' RULES.103
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov
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Committee on Legal Services. Based on the findings and
recommendations of the committee on legal services, the bill extends all
state agency rules that were adopted or amended on or after November 1,
2023, and before November 1, 2024, with the exception of certain rules
of the state board of education and the division of fire prevention and
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Weissman and Frizell, Gonzales J.
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Soper and Mabrey, Camacho, Joseph
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. control in the department of public safety, as specified in the bill.
The specified rules will expire as scheduled in the "State
Administrative Procedure Act" on May 15, 2025, on the grounds that the
rules conflict with statute.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. Extension of rules scheduled for expiration May2
15, 2025 - exceptions. (1) Except as indicated, the expiration of all rules3
of agencies in the following principal departments, which rules were4
adopted or amended on or after November 1, 2023, and before November5
1, 2024, and that are therefore scheduled for expiration May 15, 2025, is6
postponed:7
(a) Department of agriculture;8
(b) Department of corrections;9
(c) Department of early childhood;10
(d) Department of education; except that the following rules of the11
state board of education concerning rules for the administration of the12
public school finance act of 1994 (1 CCR 301-39) are not extended:13
(I) Rule 3.04, which states in part "The applicable 11-day count14
period is defined as ...";15
(II) Rule 5.04, which states in part "Pupils that first establish16
attendance after the applicable count date but within the applicable17
11-day count period ... for funding at the sending district"; and18
(III) Rule 5.12(6), which states in part "If a pupil transfers from19
one Colorado public school district to another, after the pupil enrollment20
count date but within the 11-day count period ...";21
(e) Department of health care policy and financing;22
(f) Department of higher education;23
SB25-125-2- (g) Department of human services;1
(h) Department of labor and employment;2
(i) Department of law;3
(j) Department of local affairs;4
(k) Department of military and veterans affairs;5
(l) Department of natural resources;6
(m) Department of personnel;7
(n) Department of public health and environment;8
(o) Department of public safety; except that the following rule of9
the division of fire prevention and control concerning rules for Colorado10
wildfire resilient homes grant program (8 CCR 1507-37) is not extended:11
Rule 2.1's definition of "homeowner", which states in part "'Homeowner'12
means a person who owns property ... wildfires";13
(p) Department of regulatory agencies;14
(q) Department of revenue;15
(r) Department of state;16
(s) Department of transportation; and17
(t) Department of the treasury.18
(2) The expiration of all rules of the public employees' retirement19
association, which rules were adopted or amended on or after November20
1, 2023, and before November 1, 2024, and which are therefore scheduled21
for expiration May 15, 2025, is postponed.22
(3) The expiration of all rules of the board of equalization, which23
rules were adopted or amended on or after November 1, 2023, and before24
November 1, 2024, and which are therefore scheduled for expiration May25
15, 2025, is postponed.26
(4) The recommendations of the committee on legal services as27
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rules were considered and acted upon by the committee. Any amendments2
or other changes in the specified rules that became effective before3
November 1, 2024, that comply with the recommendations of the4
committee on legal services are not affected by this act. Any subsequent5
amendments or other changes in the specified rules that became effective6
on or after November 1, 2024, are not affected by this act.7
SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,8
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate9
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for10
the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state11
institutions.12
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