Senate Bill 25-234

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BY SENATOR(S) Bridges and Amabile, Kirkmeyer;

also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Sirota and Taggart, Bird.

Concerning exempting 2024-25 fiscal year supplemental appropriations for student financial aid from annual appropriation requirements for student financial assistance.

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

SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 23-3.3-103, add (23) as follows:

23-3.3-103.  Annual appropriations - repeal. (23) (a)  Subsection (1) of this section, concerning appropriations for student financial assistance described in this article 3.3, does not apply to supplemental appropriations for student financial aid enacted during the 2025 legislative session for the 2024-25 state fiscal year.

(b)  This subsection (23) is repealed, effective July 1, 2028.

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