House Committee of Reference Report
Committee on Appropriations
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May 5, 2026
After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends the following:
SB26-135 be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation:
Page 1, Line 1Amend reengrossed bill, page 5, strike lines 3 through 27.
Page 1, Line 2Strike page 6.
Page 1, Line 3Page 7, strike lines 1 through 23.
Page 1, Line 4Renumber succeeding sections accordingly.
Page 1, Line 5Page 7, lines 26 and 27, strike "positive factor education investment
Page 1, Line 6amount -".
Page 1, Line 7Page 8, line 1, strike "section and section 24-54-103.3 (3)," and
Page 1, Line 8substitute "section,".
Page 1, Line 9Page 8, strike lines 3 through 16.
Page 1, Line 10Reletter succeeding paragraphs accordingly.
Page 1, Line 11Page 9, line 16, after "year;" insert "and".
Page 1, Line 12Page 9, strike lines 18 through 25.
Page 1, Line 13Reletter succeeding paragraphs accordingly.
Page 1, Line 14Page 10, line 11, strike "(A)" and strike "year;" and substitute "year;
Page 1, Line 15or".
Page 1, Line 16Page 10, strike lines 12 and 13.
Page 2, Line 1Page 10, line 20, strike "fiscal" and substitute "budget".
Page 2, Line 2Page 10, lines 22 and 23, strike "education investment amount".
Page 2, Line 3Page 10, line 25, strike "(The two" and substitute "(Two percent K-12
Page 2, Line 4public education increase).".
Page 2, Line 5Page 10, strike lines 26 and 27.
Page 2, Line 6Page 11, line 1, strike "2027-28" and substitute "2026-27".
Page 2, Line 7Page 11, line 6, strike "2027-28" and substitute "2026-27".
Page 2, Line 8Page 11, line 9, strike "school" and strike "education investment
Page 2, Line 9amount".
Page 2, Line 10Page 11, line 14, strike "education investment amount".
Page 2, Line 11Page 11, line 16, strike "school".
Page 2, Line 12Page 11, lines 16 and 17, strike "education investment amount".
Page 2, Line 13Page 11, line 19, strike "education investment amounts".
Page 2, Line 14Page 11, strike lines 23 and 24 and substitute "(6) A district shall
Page 2, Line 15only expend its positive factor to fund:".
Page 2, Line 16Page 11, line 27, strike "or" and substitute "and".
Page 2, Line 17Page 12, line 1, strike "courses; or" and substitute "courses.".
Page 2, Line 18Page 12, strike lines 2 and 3.
Page 2, Line 19Page 12, line 23, strike "22-54-103.7 (1)(i)" and substitute "22-54-103.7
Page 2, Line 20(1)(f)".
Page 2, Line 21Page 13, line 12, strike "a given" and substitute "the state".
Page 2, Line 22Page 13, line 15, after "same" insert "state".
Page 2, Line 23Page 13, line 20, strike "current".
Page 2, Line 24
Page 3, Line 1Page 13, line 22, strike "22-54-103.3 and section 22-54-107.7; and"
Page 3, Line 2and substitute "22-54-103.7;".
Page 3, Line 3Page 13, after line 22 insert:
Page 3, Line 4"(II) Shall appropriate or transfer an amount for
Page 3, Line 5investment in K-12 public education equal to the amount, if any,
Page 3, Line 6by which one half of the amount credited to the account for the
Page 3, Line 7state fiscal year exceeds the amount appropriated or
Page 3, Line 8transferred pursuant to subsection (2)(b)(I) of this section for
Page 3, Line 9the state fiscal year; and".
Page 3, Line 10Renumber the succeeding subparagraph.
Page 3, Line 11Page 13, line 24, strike "subsection" and substitute "subsections",
Page 3, Line 12after "(2)(b)(I)" insert "and (2)(b)(II)", and strike "a" and substitute
Page 3, Line 13"the".
Page 3, Line 14Page 13, strike lines 26 and 27.
Page 3, Line 15Page 14, strike lines 1 and 2.
Page 3, Line 16Page 14, line 5, strike "issue" and substitute "measure".
Page 3, Line 17Page 14, lines 13 and 14, strike "transfers or appropriates" and
Page 3, Line 18substitute "appropriates or transfers".
Page 3, Line 19Page 14, line 14, strike "section," and substitute "section".
Page 3, Line 20Page 14, strike line 15.
Page 3, Line 21Page 14, line 16, strike "section 22-54-103.7 (1)(e),".
Page 3, Line 22Page 15, line 2, after "same" insert "preceding".
Page 3, Line 23Page 16, line 16, strike "acceleration amount".
Page 3, Line 24Page 16, strike line 17.
Page 3, Line 25Page 16, line 18, strike "education investment amount".
Page 3, Line 26Page 16, strike lines 21 through 25 and substitute "otherwise requires,
Page 3, Line 27"positive factor" has the same meaning set forth in section 22-54-
Page 4, Line 1103.7 (1)(c).".
Page 4, Line 2Page 17, line 23, strike "24-77-301 (3)," and substitute "24-77-301 (2),".
Page 4, Line 3Page 18, line 10, strike "24-77-301 (3)." and substitute "24-77-301 (2).".
Page 4, Line 4Page 1, line 103, strike "by up to two percent".