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Colorado Senate Bill SB244

Colorado 2025 Regular Session

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1+First Regular Session
2+Seventy-fifth General Assembly
3+STATE OF COLORADO
4+REVISED
5+This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted
6+on Second Reading in the Second House
7+LLS NO. 25-0891.01 Jason Gelender x4330
18 SENATE BILL 25-244
2-BY SENATOR(S) Amabile and Kirkmeyer, Bridges, Gonzales J., Sullivan;
3-also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Sirota and Taggart, Bird.
9+Senate Committees House Committees
10+Appropriations Appropriations
11+A BILL FOR AN ACT
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5-ONCERNING MODIFICATION OF THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE STATE PAY A
6-PORTION OF THE SALARY OF EACH ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY
7-.
8-
9-Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
10-SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 20-1-306, amend (2)
11-as follows:
12-20-1-306. Compensation paid from state and county funds.
13-(2) Effective July 1, 2026, the salaries of assistant district attorneys in every
14-judicial district of the state as set forth in section 20-1-203 must be paid in
15-twelve equal monthly installments of which the state shall contribute fifty
16-TWENTY-FIVE percent of the minimum amount required by section 20-1-203
17-(2) annually, and the county or counties comprising the judicial district shall
18-contribute the balance, with each county's payment to be in the same
19-proportion as provided in section 20-1-302.
20-SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
21-takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
22-NOTE: This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative
23-officers and the Governor. To determine whether the Governor has signed the bill
24-or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative
25-history, or the Session Laws.
26-________
27-Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes
28-through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of
29-the act. ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except
30-that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V
31-of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act
32-within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect
33-unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in
34-November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official
35-declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.
36-____________________________ ____________________________
37-James Rashad Coleman, Sr.
38-Julie McCluskie
39-PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
40-THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
41-____________________________ ____________________________
42-Esther van Mourik Vanessa Reilly
43-SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
44-THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
45- APPROVED________________________________________
46- (Date and Time)
47- _________________________________________
48- Jared S. Polis
49- GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
50-PAGE 2-SENATE BILL 25-244
13+ONCERNING MODIFICATION OF THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE STATE101
14+PAY A PORTION OF THE SALARY OF EACH ASSISTANT DISTRICT102
15+ATTORNEY.103
16+Bill Summary
17+(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
18+not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
19+passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
20+applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
21+http://leg.colorado.gov/
22+.)
23+Joint Budget Committee. The bill reduces the portion of the
24+salary of the assistant district attorney for each judicial district that the
25+state must pay on and after July 1, 2026, from 50% to 25%.
26+HOUSE
27+2nd Reading Unamended
28+April 9, 2025
29+SENATE
30+3rd Reading Unamended
31+April 3, 2025
32+SENATE
33+2nd Reading Unamended
34+April 2, 2025
35+SENATE SPONSORSHIP
36+Amabile and Kirkmeyer, Bridges, Gonzales J., Sullivan
37+HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
38+Sirota and Taggart, Bird
39+Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
40+Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
41+Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
42+SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 20-1-306, amend (2)2
43+as follows:3
44+20-1-306. Compensation paid from state and county funds.4
45+(2) Effective July 1, 2026, the salaries of assistant district attorneys in5
46+every judicial district of the state as set forth in section 20-1-203 must be6
47+paid in twelve equal monthly installments of which the state shall7
48+contribute fifty TWENTY-FIVE percent of the minimum amount required8
49+by section 20-1-203 (2) annually, and the county or counties comprising9
50+the judicial district shall contribute the balance, with each county's10
51+payment to be in the same proportion as provided in section 20-1-302.11
52+SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act12
53+takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the13
54+ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except14
55+that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V15
56+of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this16
57+act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take17
58+effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in18
59+November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the19
60+official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.20
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