SB 25-265

Senate Bill 25-265 changes how certain funds are managed in Colorado. Instead of being available indefinitely, these specific cash funds for child welfare, community impact, accelerated appeals, mobile home park disputes, public safety communications, and state agency sustainability will now need to be approved annually by the general assembly before they can be used by their respective departments or agencies. For the 2025-26 fiscal year, $284,167 from the child welfare cash fund is set aside for licensing in child welfare services. Since the bill has been signed into law, these changes are now effective and will impact how these funds are allocated moving forward.

Official Summary

The act provides that the following funds are no longer continuously appropriated for use by the following executive branch agencies and instead are available to be expended by those agencies subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly: The child welfare cash fund for use by the department of human services; The community impact cash fund for use by the department of public health and environment; The accelerated appeal cash fund for use by the board of assessment appeals within the department of local affairs; The mobile home park act dispute resolution and enforcement program fund for use by the division of housing in the department of local affairs; The public safety communications revolving fund for use by the office of public safety communications in the division of homeland security and emergency management in the department of public safety; and The state agency sustainability revolving fund for use by the department of personnel. For the 2025-26 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $284,167 from the child welfare cash fund to the department of human services for use by the division of child welfare for child welfare licensing. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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