First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 25-0936.01 Anna Petrini x5497
SENATE BILL 25-216
Senate Committees House Committees
Appropriations
A BILL FOR AN ACT
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ONCERNING ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL101
REPRINTING OF LAWS CONCERNING EDUCATION , AND, IN102
CONNECTION THEREWITH , REDUCING AN APPROPRIATION .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. The bill eliminates the requirement that
the commissioner of education annually reprint and distribute laws
enacted by the general assembly that concern education.
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Bridges and Kirkmeyer, Amabile
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Sirota and Taggart, Bird
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, 22-2-112, repeal2
(1)(i) as follows:3
22-2-112. Commissioner - duties - report - legislative4
declaration. (1) Subject to the supervision of the state board, the5
commissioner has the following duties:6
(i) To cause to be reprinted annually laws enacted by the general7
assembly concerning education, in accordance with the provisions of8
section 24-1-136, C.R.S., and to furnish copies thereof to interested9
persons. All publishing costs therefor shall be paid out of the state public10
school fund pursuant to section 22-54-114 (5).11
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-54-114, repeal (5)12
as follows:13
22-54-114. State public school fund. (5) All publishing costs14
associated with the annual printing of the laws enacted by the general15
assembly concerning education shall be paid out of the state public school16
fund.17
SECTION 3. Appropriation - adjustments to 2025 long bill. To18
implement this act, the cash funds appropriation from the state public19
school fund created in section 22-54-114 (1), C.R.S., made in the annual20
general appropriation act for the 2025-26 state fiscal year to the21
department of education for use by management and administration for22
reprinting and distributing laws concerning education is decreased by23
$35,480.24
SECTION 4. Effective date. This act takes effect July 1, 2025.25
SECTION 5. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,26
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate27
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the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state2
institutions.3
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