HB 24-1197

House Bill 24-1197 adjusts the budget for Colorado’s Department of Public Safety by increasing funding from the general fund and reappropriated funds while decreasing cash funds and federal funds. It also modifies specific appropriations, such as those for school safety programs and firearm liability insurance requirements, to provide more money to these initiatives. The bill was signed into law on March 6, 2024, and took effect immediately on the same day, meaning that the new funding allocations are now in place.

Official Summary

The 2023 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of public safety. The general fund and reappropriated funds portions of the appropriation are increased and the cash funds and federal funds portions are decreased. An appropriation made in Senate Bill 23-241, concerning the creation of the office of school safety, is amended to appropriate funds from the school security disbursement cash fund and increase the appropriation to the school safety resource center. An appropriation made in House Bill 24-1270, concerning a requirement that firearm owners maintain liability insurance, is amended to appropriate funds from the revenue loss restoration cash fund and increase the amount appropriated to the department of public safety for use by the division of homeland security and emergency management. APPROVED by Governor March 6, 2024 EFFECTIVE March 6, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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