First Regular Session Seventy-fifth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO INTRODUCED LLS NO. 25-0998.01 Michael Dohr x4347 SENATE BILL 25-231 Senate Committees House Committees Appropriations A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNING THE REPEAL OF THE "INCLUSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION101 A CT", AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH , DECREASING AN102 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/ .) Joint Budget Committee. The bill repeals the "Inclusive Higher Education Act". 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 article 80 of2 title 23.3 SECTION 2. Appropriation - adjustments to 2025 long bill. To4 implement this act, the general fund appropriation made in the annual5 general appropriation act for the 2025-26 state fiscal year to the6 department of higher education for use by the Colorado commission on7 higher education and higher education special purpose programs for the8 inclusive higher education grant program is decreased by $450,000.9 SECTION 3. Effective date. This act takes effect July 1, 2025.10 SECTION 4. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,11 determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate12 preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for13 the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state14 institutions.15 SB25-231 -2-