SB 25-199
Fiscal Note
Legislative Council Staff
Nonpartisan Services for Colorado’s Legislature
SB 25-199: SUSPEND LEGISLATIVE INTERIM ACTIVITIES
Prime Sponsors:
Sen. Lundeen; Rodriguez
Rep. McCluskie; Pugliese
Published for: House Appropriations
Drafting number: LLS 25-0900
Fiscal Analyst:
Hamza Syed, 303-866-4976
hamza.syed@coleg.gov
Version: First Revised Note
Date: March 17, 2025
Fiscal note status: This revised fiscal note reflects the reengrossed bill, which was recommended by the
Executive Committee of the Legislative Council.
Summary Information
Overview. The bill directs the Legislative Council not to prioritize any interim committee or task forces,
and suspends the activity and reporting requirements of several committees, for the 2025 interim.
Types of impacts. The bill is projected to affect the following areas, primarily in FY 2025-26, with certain
impacts continuing in future fiscal years:
State Expenditures
Appropriations. For FY 2025-26, the bill requires a reduction in appropriations of $272,355 from the
Legislative Department.
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) -$272,355 -$6,889
Transferred Funds $0 $0
Change in TABOR Refunds $0 $0
Change in State FTE -2.6 FTE -0.1 FTE
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Summary of Legislation
The bill directs the Legislative Council not to prioritize any interim committee or task forces for
the 2025 interim. Further, for any interim committee that does meet, the bill limits them to
requesting that no more than five bills to be drafted and recommending no more than three
bills for introduction in the 2026 regular session.
The bill also suspends all meetings, trips, bill recommendations, and reporting requirements
during the 2025 interim for the following committees:
Colorado Health Insurance Exchange Oversight Committee;
Legislative Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Committee;
Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning Colorado Jail Standards;
Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning Tax Policy and Task Force;
Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Study Committee;
Pension Review Committee and Subcommittee;
Sales and Use Tax Simplification Task Force; and
Statewide Healthcare Review Committee.
The bill removes the ability of the Colorado Youth Advisory Council (COYAC) Review Committee
to request legislation.
In addition, the COYAC Review Committee, the Capital Development Committee, and the
Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning the Treatment of Persons with Behavioral Health
Disorders in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems are limited in their travel and member
reimbursements.
Background
The following committees will meet in the 2025 interim:
Artificial Intelligence Impact Task Force
Black Coloradan Racial Equity Study
Capital Development Committee
Capitol Building Advisory Committee
Colorado Commission on Uniform State
Laws
Colorado Youth Advisory Council and
Review Committee
Committee on Legal Services
Executive Committee of the Legislative
Council
Joint Budget Committee
Joint Technology Committee
Legislative Audit Committee
Legislative Council
Legislative Oversight Committee
Concerning the Treatment of Persons
with Behavioral Health Disorders in the
Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems
Statutory Revision Committee
Transportation Legislation Review
Committee
Water Resources and Agriculture Review
Committee
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State Expenditures
The bill decreases state General Fund expenditures in the Legislative Department by about
$272,000 in FY 2025-26 and $7,000 in FY 2026-27 and ongoing. Expenditure reductions are
summarized in Table 2 and discussed below.
Table 2
State Expenditures
Legislative Department
Cost Component
1
Budget Year
FY 2025-26
Out Year
FY 2026-27
Personal Services -$183,176 -$6,889
Operating Expenses -$512 $0
Capital Outlay -$2,000 $0
Legislator Reimbursement and Per Diem -$71,948 $0
Travel Costs -$14,719 $0
Total Costs -$272,355 -$6,889
Total FTE -2.6 FTE -0.1 FTE
1
Additional detail for staffing costs (personal services, operating and capital outlay), legislator per diem
and expense reimbursement, and committee travel are shown in Tables 3 and 4 below.
Staffing Costs
The bill reduces the required staffing in the Legislative Department by 2.6 FTE in FY 2025-26 and
0.1 FTE in FY 2026-27 as a result of the suspension of certain interim committees. This includes a
reduction of LCS staff support for meetings and committee research (1.3 FTE), and OLLS staff to
draft legislation (1.3 FTE). Personal services expenditure reductions reflect the staff appropriated
for each interim committee. As detailed in Tables 3 and 4, suspending some committees will
only reduce per diem and legislator reimbursement, but not personal services, as the agencies
have not received appropriations to staff those committees. Reductions to operating expenses
and capital outlay costs for OLLS are also identified above.
Legislator Reimbursement and Per Diem
Legislator reimbursements for committee activates are expected to decrease by about $72,000
in FY 2025-26. Reductions are based on a per diem of $111.95 for each legislator and travel
reimbursements of $124 per member per meeting at the capitol and $219 for meetings not at
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Travel Costs
The suspension of the Statewide Healthcare Review Committee and limits on Capital
Development Committee travel reduces travel costs for committee members and legislative staff
by about $15,000 in FY 2025-26 only.
Table 3
FY 2025-26 Committee Expenditure Reductions
Committee
Staff
Costs
Per Diem/
Expenses
Committee
Travel
FTE
Capital Development Committee $0 -$7,312 -$7,583 0.0 FTE
Colorado Health Insurance Exchange
Oversight
$0 -$2,459 $0 0.0 FTE
Colorado Youth Advisory Council $0 -$1,966 $0 0.0 FTE
Colorado Youth Advisory Council Review
Committee
-$6,889 -$3,688 $0 -0.1 FTE
Leg. Emergency Preparedness, Response,
and Recovery
$0 -$983 $0 0.0 FTE
Leg. Oversight Committee Concerning
Colorado Jail Standards
-$36,618 -$4,425 $0 -0.5 FTE
Leg. Oversight Committee Concerning Tax
Policy & Task Force
-$65,904 -$7,376 $0 -0.9 FTE
Leg. Oversight Committee Concerning the
Treatment of Persons with Behavioral
Health Disorders in the Criminal and
Juvenile Justice Systems
$0 -$8,851 $0 0.0 FTE
Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders -$38,618 -$14,751 $0 -0.5 FTE
Pension Review Commission $0 -$9,834 $0 0.0 FTE
Pension Review Subcommittee $0 -$3,934 $0 0.0 FTE
Sales and Use Tax Simplification Task Force -$30,948 -$3,934 $0 -0.5 FTE
Statewide Healthcare Review Committee -$6,711 -$2,437 -$7,136 -0.1 FTE
FY 2025-26 Total -$185,688 -$71,948 $14,719 -2.6 FTE
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Table 4
FY 2026-27 Committee Expenditure Reductions
Committee
Staff
Costs
Per Diem/
Expenses
Committee
Travel
FTE
Colorado Youth Advisory Council Review
Committee
-$6,889 $0 $0 -0.1 FTE
FY 2026-27 Total -$6,889 $0 $0 -0.1 FTE
Technical Note
Initially, the bill eliminated a requirement that Legislative Council Staff contract with nonprofit
organization to facilitate COYAC, and Senate Bill 25-188, the Legislative Appropriations Act,
already accounted for a $45,000 reduction in appropriations from eliminating this contract.
However, this bill was amended by the Senate to remove the provision eliminating the contract
and to add back in the $45,000 appropriation for the contract for FY 2025-26. However, because
this bill does not currently make any adjustments to the COYAC contractor, the fiscal note is not
accounting for it and this funding adjustment to restore the contractor funding could instead be
made in SB 25-188, rather than in this bill. Regardless of where the appropriation is made, the
Legislature requires $45,000 General Fund, whether in this bill or SB 25-188, but not both, to
support the COYAC contractor.
Effective Date
The bill takes effect upon signature of the Governor, or upon becoming law without his signature.
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State Appropriations
Current Appropriation
For FY 2025-26, the bill currently includes reductions in General Fund appropriations totaling
$267,807 to the Legislative Department. This appropriation reflects the initial fiscal note estimate
of a reduction of $312,807 General Fund, plus the addition of $45,000 General Fund amended
into the bill by the Senate (see Technical Note above).
Required Appropriation
As amended, the bill requires the following reductions in General Fund appropriation totaling
$272,355 to the Legislative Department, including:
a reduction of $104,161 from Legislative Council Staff and a reduction of 1.3 FTE;
a reduction of $96,246 from the Office of Legislative Legal Services and a reduction of
1.3 FTE; and
a reduction of $71,948 from the General Assembly for legislator per diem and
reimbursement.
State and Local Government Contacts
Legislative Department
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.