First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 25-0957.01 Michael Dohr x4347
SENATE BILL 25-210
Senate Committees House Committees
Appropriations
A BILL FOR AN ACT
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ONCERNING REPEALING THE FIVE -YEAR APPROPRIATION101
REQUIREMENT FOR BILLS THAT RESULT IN A NET INCREASE IN102
PERIODS OF INCARCERATION .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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Joint Budget Committee. Previously, the law required a bill that
resulted in a net increase in periods of incarceration to include an
appropriation to cover the increased cost of incarceration for 5 years after
the bill went into effect. In 2022, the general assembly suspended the
requirement for 3 years. The bill repeals the requirement permanently.
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Amabile and Kirkmeyer, Bridges
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Bird and Sirota, Taggart
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. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, repeal 2-2-703 as2
follows:3
2-2-703. General assembly - bills which result in a net increase4
in periods of imprisonment in state correctional facilities - funding5
must be provided in the bill. On and after July 1, 2025, a bill may not6
be passed by the general assembly which would result in a net increase in7
periods of imprisonment in state correctional facilities unless, in such bill,8
there is an appropriation of money which is sufficient to cover any9
increased capital construction costs, any increased operating costs, and10
increased parole costs which are the result of such bill for the department11
of corrections in each of the first five years following the effective date12
of the bill. Money sufficient to cover such increased capital construction13
costs and increased operating costs for the first five fiscal years following14
the effective date of the bill must be estimated by the appropriations15
committee, and after consideration of such estimate the general assembly16
shall make a determination as to the amount of money sufficient to cover17
the costs, and such money must be appropriated in the bill in the form of18
a statutory appropriation from the general fund in the years affected. Any19
such bill which is passed on or after July 1, 1991, which is silent as to20
whether it is intended to be an exception to this section, shall not be21
deemed to be such an exception. Any bill which is enacted which is22
intended to be an exception to this section must expressly state such23
exception in such bill.24
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act25
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the26
SB25-210-2- ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except1
that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V2
of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this3
act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take4
effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in5
November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the6
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.7
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