House Committee of Reference Report

Committee on Appropriations

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May 7, 2026

After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends the following:

HB26-1325   be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation:

Page 1, Line 1Amend printed bill, page 3, line 23, strike "definitions." and substitute

Page 1, Line 2"definitions - repeal.".

Page 1, Line 3Page 8, after line 25 insert:

Page 1, Line 4"(15)  The BHA shall work to secure federal research and

Page 1, Line 5development funding available through the advanced research

Page 1, Line 6projects agency for health within the federal department of

Page 1, Line 7health and human services, or other available federal funding,

Page 1, Line 8in order to advance research efforts on the use of ibogaine as a

Page 1, Line 9treatment for serious mental illnesses.

Page 1, Line 10(16)  Subsections (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (11), (12),

Page 1, Line 11(13), (14), and (15) of this section take effect if the BHA receives

Page 1, Line 12one hundred fifty thousand dollars in gifts, grants, or

Page 1, Line 13donations, or if the BHA receives in-kind donations for which

Page 1, Line 14the value is equal to one hundred fifty thousand dollars,

Page 1, Line 15before January 1, 2028, for the purpose of implementing this

Page 1, Line 16section. The commissioner of the BHA shall notify the revisor of

Page 1, Line 17statutes in writing of the date on which the condition specified

Page 1, Line 18in this subsection (16) has occurred by emailing the notice to

Page 1, Line 19[email protected]. Subsections (1), (2), (3), (4), (5),

Page 1, Line 20(6), (7), (8), (11), (12), (13), (14), and (15) of this section take effect

Page 1, Line 21on the date identified in the notice to the revisor of statutes

Page 1, Line 22that the BHA has received one hundred fifty thousand dollars

Page 1, Line 23in gifts, grants, or donations, or an in-kind donation for which

Page 1, Line 24the value is equal to one hundred fifty thousand dollars, for

Page 1, Line 25the purpose of this section, or, if the notice to the revisor of

Page 1, Line 26statutes does not specify that date, on the date of the notice to

Page 1, Line 27the revisor of statutes.

Page 2, Line 1(17) (a)  The BHA must receive additional gifts, grants, or

Page 2, Line 2donations in the amount necessary to cover the total remaining

Page 2, Line 3cost of operating the pilot program for the duration of the pilot

Page 2, Line 4program, or in-kind donations for which the value is equal to

Page 2, Line 5the amount necessary to cover the total remaining cost of

Page 2, Line 6operating the pilot program for the duration of the pilot

Page 2, Line 7program, within three hundred sixty-five days following the

Page 2, Line 8date on which subsections (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (11), (12),

Page 2, Line 9(13), (14), and (15) of this section take effect.

Page 2, Line 10(b)  If additional gifts, grants, or donations in the amount

Page 2, Line 11necessary to cover the total remaining cost of operating the

Page 2, Line 12pilot program for the duration of the pilot program, or in-kind

Page 2, Line 13donations for which the value is equal to the amount necessary

Page 2, Line 14to cover the total remaining cost of operating the pilot

Page 2, Line 15program for the duration of the pilot program, are not received

Page 2, Line 16within three hundred sixty-five days following the date on

Page 2, Line 17which the revisor of statutes receives notice pursuant to

Page 2, Line 18subsection (16) of this section, this section is repealed. The

Page 2, Line 19commissioner of the BHA shall notify the revisor of statutes of

Page 2, Line 20the date on which the condition specified in this subsection

Page 2, Line 21(17)(b) has occurred by emailing the notice to

Page 2, Line 22[email protected].

Page 2, Line 23(18) (a)  If, on or before January 1, 2028, the money in the

Page 2, Line 24fund has never reached or exceeded one hundred fifty thousand

Page 2, Line 25dollars, or additional gifts, grants, or donations in the amount

Page 2, Line 26necessary to cover the total remaining cost of the pilot

Page 2, Line 27program are not received within three hundred sixty-five days

Page 2, Line 28following the date on which the revisor of statutes receives

Page 2, Line 29notice pursuant to subsection (17) of this section, the state

Page 2, Line 30treasurer shall return from the fund to the grantor or donor

Page 2, Line 31the amount of the grantor's or donor's gifts, grants, or

Page 2, Line 32donations and, notwithstanding subsection (17) of this section,

Page 2, Line 33the BHA shall not accept additional gifts, grants, or donations

Page 2, Line 34for the purposes of this section.

Page 2, Line 35(b)  If any money remains in the fund after the state

Page 2, Line 36treasurer returns money to donors or grantors pursuant to

Page 2, Line 37subsection (18)(a) of this section, as applicable, the state

Page 2, Line 38treasurer shall, prior to the repeal of the fund, transfer all

Page 2, Line 39unexpended and unencumbered money in the fund to the

Page 2, Line 40regulated natural medicine cash fund created in section

Page 2, Line 4144-50-601.".

Page 2, Line 42Page 16, strike line 2, and substitute:

Page 3, Line 1"sources;

Page 3, Line 2(III)  Money transferred from the ibogaine research pilot

Page 3, Line 3program cash fund, established in section 27-60-207 (10); and".

Page 3, Line 4Renumber succeeding subparagraph accordingly.