First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REENGROSSED
This Version Includes All Amendments
Adopted in the House of Introduction
LLS NO. 25-1001.01 Alana Rosen x2606
SENATE BILL 25-234
Senate Committees House Committees
Appropriations
A BILL FOR AN ACT
C
ONCERNING EXEMPTING 2024-25 FISCAL YEAR SUPPLEMENTAL101
APPROPRIATIONS FOR STUDE NT FINANCIAL AID FROM ANNUAL102
APPROPRIATION REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENT FINANCIAL103
ASSISTANCE.104
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 exempts 2024-25 state fiscal
year supplemental appropriations for student financial aid from annual
appropriation requirements for student financial assistance.
SENATE
3rd Reading Unamended
April 3, 2025
SENATE
2nd Reading Unamended
April 2, 2025
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Bridges and Amabile, Kirkmeyer
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, 23-3.3-103, add (23)2
as follows:3
23-3.3-103. Annual appropriations - repeal.4
(23) (a) S
UBSECTION (1) OF THIS SECTION, CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS5
FOR STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE DESCRIBED IN THIS ARTICLE 3.3,6
DOES NOT APPLY TO SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR STUDENT7
FINANCIAL AID ENACTED DURING THE 2025 LEGISLATIVE SESSION FOR THE8
2024-25
STATE FISCAL YEAR.9
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (23) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2028.10
SECTION 2. 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
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