Colorado · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 25-258: Temporarily Reduce Road Safety Surcharge
Enacted Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 25-258 is a bill introduced in the Colorado Senate on March 31, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Temporarily Reduce Road Safety Surcharge. Primary sponsor: Emily Sirota (Democratic), Shannon Bird, Barbara Kirkmeyer (Republican), Jeff Bridges (Democratic). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 4, 2025): Governor Signed.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
The act temporarily reduces by $3.70 the road safety surcharge for each vehicle class for any registration period that begins on or after September 1, 2025, but before September 1, 2027. Revenue from the road safety surcharge, along with other fee and surcharge revenue, is credited to the highway users tax fund and allocated to the state highway fund, counties, and municipalities. The act adjusts the allocation of revenue from the road safety surcharge, a daily vehicle rental fee, a supplemental oversize and overweight vehicle surcharge, a supplemental unregistered vehicle fine, and late registration fees, for any registration period that begins on or after July 1, 2025, but before July 1, 2027, by reducing the state share and increasing the county and municipal shares as follows: 56% to the state highway fund (reduced from 60%); 24% to counties (increased from 22%); and 20% to municipalities (increased from 18%).(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 5
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Sirota | Primary sponsor | Democratic | House | 9 |
| Shannon Bird | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Barbara Kirkmeyer | Primary sponsor | Republican | Senate | 23 |
| Jeff Bridges | Primary sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 26 |
| Judy Amabile | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 18 |
| Marc Catlin | Co-sponsor | Republican | Senate | 5 |
| Larry Liston | Co-sponsor | Republican | Senate | 10 |
| P. Lundeen | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Byron Pelton | Co-sponsor | Republican | Senate | 1 |
| Rick Taggart | Co-sponsor | Republican | House | 55 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Governor Signed
- Signed by the President of the Senate
- Signed by the Speaker of the House
- Sent to the Governor
- House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
- Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations
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