First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 25-0891.01 Jason Gelender x4330
SENATE BILL 25-244
Senate Committees House Committees
Appropriations
A BILL FOR AN ACT
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ONCERNING MODIFICATION OF THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE STATE101
PAY A PORTION OF THE SALARY OF EACH ASSISTANT DISTRICT102
ATTORNEY.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 reduces the portion of the
salary of the assistant district attorney for each judicial district that the
state must pay on and after July 1, 2026, from 50% to 25%.
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Amabile and Kirkmeyer, Bridges
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, 20-1-306, amend (2)2
as follows:3
20-1-306. Compensation paid from state and county funds.4
(2) Effective July 1, 2026, the salaries of assistant district attorneys in5
every judicial district of the state as set forth in section 20-1-203 must be6
paid in twelve equal monthly installments of which the state shall7
contribute fifty TWENTY-FIVE percent of the minimum amount required8
by section 20-1-203 (2) annually, and the county or counties comprising9
the judicial district shall contribute the balance, with each county's10
payment to be in the same proportion as provided in section 20-1-302.11
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act12
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the13
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except14
that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V15
of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this16
act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take17
effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in18
November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the19
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.20
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