Colorado · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 25-263: Spending Authority Statutes
Enacted Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 25-263 is a bill introduced in the Colorado Senate on March 31, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Spending Authority Statutes. Primary sponsor: Rick Taggart (Republican), Shannon Bird, Jeff Bridges (Democratic), Judy Amabile (Democratic). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 25, 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 extends the repeal date from September 1, 2025, to September 1, 2030, for statutes authorizing the transfer of spending authority between line items in specified circumstances and allowing overexpenditures in excess of the amount authorized by an item of appropriation in specified circumstances. The act also clarifies which transfers between appropriations are for like purposes in the statute allowing for intradepartmental transfers and specifies that transfers between any line items of appropriation in the department of corrections that are not explicitly authorized in a footnote to the annual general appropriation act are not for like purposes. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 2
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Taggart | Primary sponsor | Republican | House | 55 |
| Shannon Bird | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Jeff Bridges | Primary sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 26 |
| Judy Amabile | Primary sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 18 |
| Barbara Kirkmeyer | Co-sponsor | Republican | Senate | 23 |
| Emily Sirota | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 9 |
“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 Speaker of the House
- Sent to the Governor
- Signed by the President of the Senate
- House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
- Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations
- Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
- Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations