SB 25-264

Senate Bill 25-264 is a Colorado law that requires the state treasurer to transfer specific amounts of money from various cash funds to the general fund by certain dates in 2025 and 2026. This includes transferring millions of dollars from funds related to education, healthcare, technology, and more. The bill affects how these funds are managed and impacts their ability to support their intended purposes with remaining balances being transferred to the general fund. Since it has been signed into law, these transfers will begin as scheduled unless further action is taken by the state government.

Official Summary

The act requires the state treasurer to make the following transfers of money from certain cash funds to the general fund. On June 30, 2025, the state treasurer is required to transfer the following amounts to the general fund: $6,338,640 from the legislative department cash fund; $500,000 from the scale-up grant fund; $500,000 from the qualified apprenticeship intermediary grant fund; $700,000 from the petroleum cleanup and redevelopment fund; $15,000,000 from the major medical insurance fund; $200,000 from the division of securities cash fund; $200,000 from the division of banking cash fund; $200,000 from the division of real estate cash fund; $1,372,843 from the division of professions and occupations cash fund; $1,750,000 from the prescription drug monitoring fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the high-cost special education trust fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the dropout prevention activity grant fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the full-day kindergarten facility capital construction fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the financial reporting fund; The excess uncommitted reserve balance of the private occupational schools fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the private activity bond allocations fund that exceeds $100,000. This transfer is an annual transfer at the end of each state fiscal year. $3,068,634 from the peace officers behavioral health support and community partnership fund; $200,000 from the witness protection fund; $500,000 from the state's mission for assistance in recruiting and training (SMART) policing grant fund; $7,000,000 from the technology risk prevention and response fund; $11,011,550 from the advanced industries acceleration cash fund; $8,500,000 from the innovative housing incentive program fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the state employee reserve fund; The balances of the following cash funds, which were previously repealed: The rural schools cash fund; The teacher residency expansion program fund; and The public education fund; $200,000 from the affordable housing and home ownership cash fund; $1,800,000 from the vital statistics records cash fund; $14,000,000 from the electrifying school buses grant program cash fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the Colorado health care services fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the pediatric hospice care cash fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the primary care provider sustainability fund; $620,000 from the agriculture management fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the rodent pest control fund; $250,000 from the diseased livestock indemnity fund; $20,000 from the cervidae disease revolving fund; $200,000 from the board of assessment appeals cash fund; $10,000,000 from the local government severance tax fund; $200,000 from the Colorado telephone users with disabilities fund; $700,000 from the highway-rail crossing signalization fund; and $71,400,000 from the multimodal transportation and mitigation options fund. On July 1, 2025, the state treasurer is required to transfer the following amounts to the general fund: $125,000 from the energy fund; $154,862 from the innovative energy fund; $900,000 from the cannabis resource optimization cash fund; $512,570 from the community access to electric bicycles cash fund; $3,304,500 from the universal high school scholarship cash fund; $5,000,000 from the supplemental state contribution fund; The balance of the nutrients grant fund, which was previously repealed; $6,000,000 from the community impact cash fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the electrifying school buses grant program cash fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the natural disaster grant fund; $680,000 from the state funding for senior services contingency reserve fund; and $100,000 from the nuclear materials transportation fund. On June 30, 2026, the state treasurer is required to transfer $7,710,500 from the advanced industries acceleration cash fund to the general fund. The act also repeals the financial reporting fund, the state employee reserve fund, the Colorado health care services fund, the pediatric hospice care cash fund, and the primary care provider sustainability fund. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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