Senate Bill 25-089

NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 2/27/2025.

BY SENATOR(S) Bridges, Amabile, Kirkmeyer;

also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Bird, Sirota, Taggart, Duran, McCluskie.

Concerning a supplemental appropriation to the department of corrections.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SECTION 1. Appropriation to the department of corrections for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024. In Session Laws of Colorado 2024, section 2 of chapter 519, (HB 24-1430), amend Part II as follows:

Section 2. Appropriation.

Part II

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	Total	General Fund	General Fund Exempt	Cash Funds	Reappropriated Funds	Federal Funds
(1) MANAGEMENT

(A) Executive Director's Office Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund	Cash Funds	Reappropriated Funds	Federal Funds
Personal Services	4,794,793	4,550,988		243,805^a
		(41.9 FTE)		(4.0 FTE)
Restorative Justice Program with Victim-Offender Dialogues in Department Facilities	75,000	75,000
		(1.2 FTE)
Health, Life, and Dental	~~81,323,074~~	~~80,050,656~~	1,272,418^b
	81,227,825	79,955,407
Short-term Disability	~~554,612~~	~~545,183~~	9,429^b
	553,897	544,468
Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance	1,946,512	1,918,225	28,287^b
Unfunded Liability Amortization Equalization Disbursement Payments	~~43,281,040~~	~~42,652,444~~	628,596^b
	43,236,320	42,607,724
Salary Survey⁶	24,791,715	24,428,432	363,283^b
Step Pay	16,431,610	16,275,915	155,695^b
PERA Direct Distribution	8,837,393	8,695,905	141,488^b
Overtime	35,340,753	35,340,753
Incentives and Bonuses⁷	14,334,002	14,334,002
Shift Differential	17,982,314	17,949,518	32,796^b
Temporary Employees Related to Authorized Leave	2,025,459	2,025,459
Workers' Compensation	7,584,883	7,412,706	172,177^b
Operating Expenses	416,761	326,761		5,000^a	85,000^c
Legal Services	3,893,252	3,802,219	91,033^b
Payment to Risk Management and Property Funds	9,318,427	9,106,899	211,528^b
Leased Space	6,516,921	6,339,596	177,325^b
Annual Depreciation-Lease Equivalent Payments	659,571	659,571
Planning and Analysis Contracts	82,410	82,410
Payments to District Attorneys	681,102	681,102
Payments to Coroners	32,175	32,175
Digital Trunk Radio Payments	2,638,440	2,638,440
~~Additional Prison Capacity - Personal Services~~	~~525,466~~	~~485,218~~	~~40,248~~^b
		~~(6.3 FTE)~~
~~Additional Prison Capacity - Operating Expenses~~	~~159,184~~	~~156,165~~	~~3,019~~^b
~~Additional Prison Capacity - Facility Start-up~~	~~7,326~~	~~7,326~~
~~Additional Prison Capacity - Personnel Start-up~~	~~24,250~~	~~24,250~~
	~~284,258,445~~
	283,401,535

^a These amounts shall be transferred from the Department of Public Safety from the State Victims Assistance and Law Enforcement Program line item appropriation in the Victims Assistance section of the Division of Criminal Justice. These amounts originate as cash funds from the Victims Assistance and Law Enforcement Fund created in Section 24-33.5-506 (1), C.R.S.

^b Of these amounts, an estimated ~~$2,583,923~~ $2,540,656 shall be from sales revenues earned by Correctional Industries and an estimated $743,399 shall be from sales revenues earned by the Canteen Operation.

^c This amount shall be from the Social Security Administration Incentive Payment Memorandum of Understanding.

^d Of this amount, $3,872,506 shall be used to purchase legal services from the Department of Law and $20,746 shall be used to contract for legal services from private firms for litigation related to the Rifle Correctional Center.

(B) External Capacity Subprogram

(1) Private Prison Monitoring Unit

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund	Cash Funds
Personal Services	1,065,590	1,065,590
		(12.7 FTE)
Operating Expenses	183,443	153,976	29,467^a
	1,249,033

^a This amount shall be from revenues earned from monitoring private Colorado prisons that house out-of-state offenders.

(2) Payments to House State Prisoners⁸

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund	Cash Funds
Payments to local jails at a rate of $77.16 per inmate per day	~~9,969,844~~	~~9,969,844~~
	7,402,280	7,402,280
Payments to in-state private prisons at a rate of $66.52 per inmate per day⁹	~~69,950,104~~	~~67,056,718~~	2,893,386^a
	70,298,104	67,404,718
Inmate Education and Benefit Programs at In-state Private Prisons	541,566	541,566
	~~80,461,514~~
	78,241,950

^a This amount shall be from the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program Cash Fund created in Section 17-1-107.5 (1), C.R.S.

(C) Inspector General Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund	Cash Funds	Federal Funds
Personal Services	4,999,370	4,893,137	106,233^a
		~~(62.8 FTE)~~
		(50.8 FTE)
Operating Expenses	473,905	390,718	83,187^a
Inspector General Grants	207,912			207,912(I)
	5,681,187

^a These amounts shall be from revenues earned from private prison out of state offender investigations.

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	Total	General Fund	Cash Funds
		~~371,650,179~~
		368,573,705
(2) INSTITUTIONS
(A) Utilities Subprogram
Personal Services	370,650		370,650
			(3.0 FTE)
~~Utilities~~	~~26,584,011~~		~~25,093,539~~	~~1,490,472~~^a
Core Utilities^9a	21,490,472		20,000,000	1,490,472^a
Energy Conservation and Operating Expenses^9a	4,227,975		4,227,975
	~~26,954,661~~
	26,089,097

^a This amount shall be from sales revenues earned by Correctional Industries.

(B) Maintenance Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund
Personal Services	23,625,951
	(293.0 FTE)
Operating Expenses	13,538,111
Maintenance Pueblo Campus	3,023,427
Start-up Costs	14,000
	40,201,489	40,201,489

(C) Housing and Security Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund
Personal Services	~~199,155,681~~	~~199,155,681~~
	197,980,167	197,980,167
		~~(3,050.8 FTE)~~
		(3,044.8 FTE)
Operating Expenses	~~2,105,156~~	~~2,105,156~~
	2,172,091	2,172,091
Start-up Costs	24,969	24,969
	~~201,285,806~~
	200,177,227

(D) Food Service Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund
Personal Services	20,958,785	20,958,785
		(318.8 FTE)
Operating Expenses	~~22,654,004~~	~~22,654,004~~
	22,565,144	22,565,144
Food Service Pueblo Campus	~~2,578,959~~	~~2,578,959~~
	2,825,796	2,825,796
	~~46,191,748~~
	46,349,725

(E) Medical Services Subprogram¹⁰

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund	Cash Funds
Personal Services	43,409,402	43,102,223	307,179^a
		(409.2 FTE)	(3.0 FTE)
Operating Expenses	~~2,674,223~~	~~2,674,223~~
	2,667,550	2,667,550
Purchase of Pharmaceuticals	22,552,077	22,552,077
Hepatitis C Treatment Costs	8,368,384	8,368,384
External Medical Services	59,173,755	59,173,755
Transgender Healthcare	5,317,500	5,317,500
Service Contracts	2,402,731	2,402,731
Indirect Cost Assessment	2,951		2,951^a
	~~143,901,023~~
	143,894,350

^a These amounts shall be from inmate medical fees collected pursuant to Section 17-1-113 (2), C.R.S.

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund
(F) Laundry Subprogram
Personal Services	2,879,209
	(38.4 FTE)
Operating Expenses	~~2,492,993~~
	2,482,498
	~~5,372,202~~	~~5,372,202~~
	5,361,707	5,361,707

(G) Superintendents Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund
Personal Services	13,232,652
	(168.9 FTE)
Operating Expenses	~~9,039,601~~
	9,019,551
Inmate Telephone Calls	~~717,712~~
	1,296,571
Dress Out	1,006,280
Start-up costs	~~77,725~~
	73,625
	~~24,073,970~~	~~24,073,970~~
	24,628,679	24,628,679

(H) Youthful Offender System Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund
Personal Services	12,418,786
	(162.7 FTE)
Operating Expenses	607,455
Contract Services	28,820
Maintenance and Food Service	~~1,252,987~~
	1,622,979
	~~14,308,048~~	~~14,308,048~~
	14,678,040	14,678,040

(I) Case Management Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund
Personal Services	~~19,397,629~~
	19,330,293
	~~(247.8 FTE)~~
	(246.8 FTE)
Operating Expenses	~~184,560~~
	183,973
Offender ID Program	367,884
Start-up Costs	1,230
	~~19,951,303~~	~~19,951,303~~
	19,883,380	19,883,380

(J) Mental Health Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund
Personal Services	13,733,060	13,733,060
		(168.0 FTE)
Operating Expenses	331,766	331,766
Medical Contract Services	5,782,084	5,782,084
Start-up Costs	9,623	9,623
	19,856,533
(K) Inmate Pay Subprogram	~~4,664,514~~	~~4,664,514~~
	4,640,696	4,640,696

(L) Legal Access Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	Total	General Fund
Personal Services	1,825,607
	(27.2 FTE)
Operating Expenses	803,777
Contract Services	70,905
Start-up Costs	4,000
	2,704,289		2,704,289
		~~549,465,586~~
		548,465,212
(3) SUPPORT SERVICES

(A) Business Operations Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund	Cash Funds	Reappropriated Funds	Federal Funds
Personal Services	7,231,889	6,338,860	53,988^a	839,041^b
		(90.7 FTE)		(13.8 FTE)
Operating Expenses	231,951	231,951
Business Operations Grants	2,500,000				2,500,000(I)
Indirect Cost Assessment	321,878				321,878(I)
	10,285,718

^a This amount shall be from restitution collected pursuant to Section 16-18.5-109 (3), C.R.S.

^b Of this amount, $702,392 shall be from departmental indirect cost recoveries or the Indirect Costs Excess Recovery Fund created in Section 24-75-1401 (2), C.R.S., and $136,649 shall be from statewide indirect cost recoveries.

(B) Personnel Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund
Personal Services	2,522,543	2,522,543
		(36.0 FTE)
Operating Expenses	737,981	737,981
Start-up Costs	28,000	28,000
	3,288,524

(C) Offender Services Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund
Personal Services	3,530,219
	(44.1 FTE)
Operating Expenses	62,044
	3,592,263	3,592,263

(D) Communications Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund
Operating Expenses	1,685,707	1,685,707
Dispatch Services	328,510	328,510
	2,014,217

(E) Transportation Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund	Cash Funds
Personal Services	2,509,225	2,509,225
		(41.0 FTE)
Operating Expenses	643,538	643,538
Vehicle Lease Payments	3,637,220	3,102,813	534,407^a
	6,789,983

^a Of this amount, an estimated $509,957 shall be from sales revenues earned by Correctional Industries and an estimated $24,450 shall be from sales revenues earned by the Canteen Operation.

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund
(F) Training Subprogram
Personal Services	2,578,313
	(33.0 FTE)
Operating Expenses	~~383,057~~
	437,157
	~~2,961,370~~	~~2,961,370~~
	3,015,470	3,015,470

(G) Information Systems Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund	Cash Funds	Reappropriated Funds
Operating Expenses	1,404,369	1,404,369
Payments to OIT	~~32,784,416~~	~~32,647,829~~	~~136,587~~^a
	32,905,320	32,766,061	139,259^a
CORE Operations	84,365	76,351	4,082^a	3,932^b
	~~34,273,150~~
	34,394,054

^a Of these amounts, an estimated ~~$107,471~~ $110,143 shall be from Correctional Industries sales to non-state entities and an estimated $33,198 shall be from sales revenues earned by the Canteen Operation.

^b This amount shall be from Correctional Industries sales to other state agencies.

(H) Facility Services Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	Total	General Fund
Personal Services	1,302,492
	(14.8 FTE)
Operating Expenses	84,096
Start-up costs	3,000
	1,389,588		1,389,588
		~~64,594,813~~
		64,769,817
(4) INMATE PROGRAMS
(A) Labor Subprogram
Personal Services	6,061,490
	(81.4 FTE)
Operating Expenses	88,017
	6,149,507		6,149,507

(B) Education Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund	Cash Funds	Reappropriated Funds	Federal Funds
Personal Services	~~15,800,444~~	~~15,800,444~~
	15,608,744	15,608,744
		~~(198.7 FTE)~~
		(193.7 FTE)
Operating Expenses	~~4,625,962~~	~~3,139,277~~	1,197,770^a	288,915^b
	4,321,362	2,834,677
Contract Services	1,221,428	1,221,428
Education Grants	80,060		10,000^c	42,410^d	27,650(I)
	(2.0 FTE)
Start-up Costs	4,703	4,703
	~~21,732,597~~
	21,236,297

^a Of this amount, an estimated $667,412 shall be from sales revenues earned by the Canteen Operation and an estimated $530,358 shall be from sales revenues earned by vocational programs.

^b This amount shall be from sales revenues earned by vocational programs for products and services sold to other government agencies.

^c This amount shall be from gifts, grants, and donations.

^d This amount shall be from the Colorado Department of Education from special education funds.

(C) Recreation Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund	Cash Funds
Personal Services	8,166,882	8,166,882
		(119.5 FTE)
Operating Expenses	77,552		77,552^a
	8,244,434

^a This amount shall be from sales revenues earned by the Canteen Operation.

(D) Drug and Alcohol Treatment Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund	Reappropriated Funds
Personal Services	6,426,933	6,426,933
		(87.4 FTE)
Operating Expenses	117,884	117,884
Contract Services	2,023,220	2,023,220
Treatment Grants	126,682		126,682^a
	8,694,719

^a This amount shall be from grant funds appropriated to the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Public Safety.

(E) Sex Offender Treatment Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund	Cash Funds	Federal Funds
Personal Services	3,612,228	3,580,994	31,234^a
		(55.8 FTE)	(1.0 FTE)
Operating Expenses	92,276	91,776	500^a
Polygraph Testing	242,500	242,500
Sex Offender Treatment Grants	65,597			65,597(I)
	4,012,601

^a These amounts shall be from the Sex Offender Surcharge Fund created in Section 18-21-103 (3), C.R.S.

(F) Volunteers Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	Total	General Fund
Personal Services	510,685
	(8.0 FTE)
Operating Expenses	17,912
	528,597		528,597
		~~49,362,455~~
		48,866,155

(5) COMMUNITY SERVICES

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund	Reappropriated Funds
(A) Parole Subprogram
Personal Services	22,590,205	22,590,205
		~~(314.5 FTE)~~
		(326.5 FTE)
Operating Expenses	2,875,425	2,875,425
Parolee Supervision and Support Services	8,911,261	4,847,969	4,063,292^a
Wrap-Around Services Program	1,822,869	1,822,869
Insurance Payments	~~389,196~~	~~389,196~~
	25,000	25,000
Grants to Community-based Organizations for Parolee Support	7,176,734	7,176,734
Community-based Organizations Housing Support	500,000	500,000
Parolee Housing Support	500,000	500,000
	~~44,765,690~~
	44,401,494

^a This amount shall be transferred from the Judicial Department from the Correctional Treatment Cash Fund Expenditures line item appropriation in the Probation and Related Services section.

(B) Community Supervision Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund	Reappropriated Funds
(1) Community Supervision
Personal Services	4,657,001	4,657,001
		(48.0 FTE)
Operating Expenses	505,042	505,042
Psychotropic Medication	31,400	31,400
Community Supervision Support Services	2,394,092	2,353,744	40,348^a
	7,587,535

^a This amount shall be transferred from the Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice, Offender Treatment and Services.

(2) Youthful Offender System Aftercare

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	General Fund
Personal Services	602,011
	(8.0 FTE)
Operating Expenses	141,067
Contract Services	897,584
	1,640,662	1,640,662

(C) Community Re-entry Subprogram

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	Total	General Fund	Federal Funds
Personal Services	2,849,589		2,849,589
			(42.6 FTE)
Operating Expenses	146,702		146,702
Offender Emergency Assistance	96,768		96,768
Contract Services	190,000		190,000
Offender Re-employment Center	100,000		100,000
Community Reintegration Grants	39,098			39,098(I)
				(1.0 FTE)
	3,422,157
		~~57,416,044~~
		57,051,848
(6) PAROLE BOARD
Personal Services	1,965,078
	(20.5 FTE)
Operating Expenses	107,890
Contract Services	242,437
Administrative and IT Support	187,236
	(2.0 FTE)
		2,502,641	2,502,641

(7) CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	Total	Cash Funds	Reappropriated Funds
Personal Services	12,639,422		4,813,567^a	7,825,855^b
			(4.1 FTE)	(102.9 FTE)
Operating Expenses	~~5,846,798~~		1,546,956^a	~~4,299,842~~^b
	9,846,798			8,299,842^b
Raw Materials	~~30,547,207~~		6,055,860^a	~~24,491,347~~^b
	26,547,207			20,491,347^b
Inmate Pay	2,750,000		1,114,590^a	1,635,410^b
Capital Outlay	1,219,310		309,259^a	910,051^b
Indirect Cost Assessment	396,763		141,118^a	255,645^b
		53,399,500

^a Of these amounts, an estimated $13,831,350 is from sales to non-state entities and an estimated $150,000 is from rents and royalties earned on Penitentiary Trust land managed by the State Board of Land Commissioners pursuant to Section 36-1-116 (2), C.R.S.

^b Of these amounts, an estimated $22,689,623 is from sales to other state agencies and an estimated $16,728,527 is from the Department of Revenue for the purchase of license plates.

(8) CANTEEN OPERATION

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	Total	Cash Funds
Personal Services	2,633,785
	(33.0 FTE)
Operating Expenses	18,930,041
Inmate Pay	73,626
Indirect Cost Assessment	117,732
		21,755,184	21,755,184^a

^a This amount shall be from sales revenues earned by the Canteen Operation and is continuously appropriated to the division pursuant to Section 17-24-126 (1), C.R.S.

Agency Name or Title	Total	General Fund	Cash Funds	Reappropriated Funds	Federal Funds
TOTALS PART II
(CORRECTIONS)	~~$1,170,146,402~~	~~$1,075,804,841~~	~~$46,022,851~~^a	$45,071,575	$3,247,135^b
	$1,165,384,062	$1,071,083,096	$45,982,256^a

^a Of this amount, $21,755,184 contains an (I) notation.

^bThis amount contains an (I) notation.

Footnotes: The following statements are referenced to the numbered footnotes throughout section 2.

⁶Department of Corrections, Management, Executive Director's Office Subprogram, Salary Survey -- Of this amount, $8,221,430 General Fund is for non-base building compensation for correctional officers, nurses, state teachers, social workers, legal assistants, health professionals, and health care technicians employed by the Department of Corrections at its 24/7 facilities for state fiscal year 2024-25 only.

⁷Department of Corrections, Management, Executive Director's Office Subprogram, Incentives and Bonuses -- It is the General Assembly's intent that $6,312,464 of this appropriation be used to provide hiring incentives up to $25,000 for nurses, licensed practical nurses, mid-level providers, health professionals, and social workers. The Department may also use this appropriation to provide incentives for psychologists if they identify that position as an area of greatest need. It is also the General Assembly's intent that of the $25,000 hiring incentive, new hires receive this incentive as installments paid over the course of a year as determined by the Department, with the final installment after twelve months of employment. This portion of the appropriation remains available until the close of the 2025-26 state fiscal year.

⁸Department of Corrections, Management, External Capacity Subprogram, Payments to House State Prisoners -- The department of corrections is authorized to transfer up to 5.0 1.0 percent of the total General Fund appropriation for the external capacity subprogram between line items in the external capacity subprogram for purposes of reimbursing local jails, private prison providers, and community corrections providers.

⁹Department of Corrections, Management, External Capacity Subprogram, Payments to House State Prisoners, Payments to in-state private prisons at a rate of $66.52 per inmate per day-- It is the General Assembly's intent that in-state private prisons use funds provided through this appropriation to provide levels of staffing and services similar to comparable state prisons to the extent possible.

^9aDepartment of Corrections, Institutions, Utilities Subprogram, Core Utilities and Energy Conservation and Operating Expenses-- In addition to the transfer authority provided in section 24-75-108, C.R.S., the department of corrections is authorized to transfer money from the Energy Conservation and Operating Expenses line item to the Core Utilities line item.

¹⁰Department of Corrections, Institutions, Medical Services Subprogram -- In addition to the transfer authority provided in section 24-75-8, C.R.S., the department of corrections is authorized to transfer up to 5.0 percent of the total appropriation for purchase of pharmaceuticals, Hepatitis C treatment costs, and external medical services between those line items for the purposes of providing pharmaceuticals, Hepatitis C Treatments, and external medical services for inmates.

SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state institutions.

Signed By: James Rashad Coleman, Sr., President of the Senate

Signed By: Julie McCluskie, Speaker of the House of Representatives

Signed By: Esther van Mourik, Secretary of the Senate

Signed By: Vanessa Reilly, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives

Signed By: Jared S. Polis, Governor of the State of Colorado