Senate Committee of Reference Report
Committee on Appropriations
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April 21, 2026
After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends the following:
SB26-042 be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation:
Page 1, Line 1Amend the Finance Committee Report, dated February 10, 2026, page 1,
Page 1, Line 2line 4, strike "(1)(e)" and substitute "(1)(e), (1)(f),".
Page 1, Line 3Page 1 of the report, strike line 5 and substitute:
Page 1, Line 4"Page 4, strike line 14 and substitute: "2025:
Page 1, Line 5(A) The authority of the state to collect an excise tax
Page 1, Line 6and sales and use tax on".".
Page 1, Line 7Page 3 of the printed bill, line 1, after "(d)" insert "(I)".
Page 1, Line 8Page 3 of the bill, line 2, after "tax" insert "and sales and use tax".
Page 1, Line 9Page 3 of the bill, line 8, strike "(e)" and substitute "(II)".
Page 1, Line 10Page 3 of the bill, line 9, after "tax" insert "and sales and use tax".
Page 1, Line 11Page 3 of the bill, line 13, strike "and".
Page 1, Line 12Page 3 of the bill, after line 13 insert:
Page 1, Line 13"(e) (I) Under the existing definition of "collections for another
Page 1, Line 14government", some money that the state collects from the fee for criminal
Page 1, Line 15history record checks that is transmitted to the federal bureau of
Page 1, Line 16investigation for the portions of such criminal history record checks
Page 1, Line 17conducted by the federal government is treated as state fiscal year
Page 1, Line 18spending when determining whether the state has exceeded the state's
Page 1, Line 19fiscal year spending limit despite the constitutional exemption for such
Page 1, Line 20collections;
Page 2, Line 1(II) It is inconsistent with section 20 of article X of the state
Page 2, Line 2constitution to treat money that the state collects from the fee for criminal
Page 2, Line 3history record checks and that is transmitted to the federal bureau of
Page 2, Line 4investigation as state fiscal year spending in light of the specific
Page 2, Line 5exemption for "collections for another government"; and".
Page 2, Line 6Page 4 of the bill, line 16, strike "entity." and substitute "entity; and".
Page 2, Line 7"(B) The authority of the state to collect a fee for
Page 2, Line 8criminal history record checks, a portion of which is
Page 2, Line 9transmitted to the federal bureau of investigation for the
Page 2, Line 10required federal component of such record checks.".
Page 2, Line 11Page 4 of the bill, line 19, strike (1)(b)(IV)" and substitute
Page 2, Line 12"(1)(b)(IV)(A)".
Page 2, Line 13Page 4 of the bill, after line 27 insert:
Page 2, Line 14"(f) "Collections for another government", with respect
Page 2, Line 15to revenue that is received in accordance with subsection
Page 2, Line 16(1)(b)(IV)(B) of this section, includes the fee revenues that are
Page 2, Line 17collected by the department of public safety for the purpose of
Page 2, Line 18criminal history record checks pursuant to section 24-33.5-426
Page 2, Line 19and that is transmitted to the federal bureau of investigation
Page 2, Line 20for a required federal component of such criminal history
Page 2, Line 21record checks.".
Page 2, Line 22Page 5 of the bill strike lines 19 through 27.
Page 2, Line 23Strike page 6 of the bill.
Page 2, Line 24Page 7 of the bill, strike lines 1 through 13.
Page 2, Line 25Renumber succeeding subparagraphs accordingly.
Page 2, Line 26Page 7 of the bill, strike line 27.
Page 2, Line 27Page 8 of the bill, strike lines 1 through 3 and substitute:
Page 2, Line 28"SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-4.1-117, amend
Page 2, Line 29(5) as follows:
Page 2, Line 3024-4.1-117. Fund created - control of fund.
Page 2, Line 31(5) (a) For state fiscal years commencing prior to July 1,
Page 2, Line 322026, all money deposited in the fund must be used solely for the
Page 2, Line 33compensation of victims pursuant to this part 1; except that the district
Page 3, Line 1attorney and the court executive may use an aggregate of no more than
Page 3, Line 2twenty-two and one-half percent of the total amount of money in the
Page 3, Line 3crime victim compensation fund for administrative costs incurred
Page 3, Line 4pursuant to this part 1. The district attorney may use no more than twenty
Page 3, Line 5percent of the total amount of money in the fund for administrative costs.
Page 3, Line 6The court executive may use no more than two and one-half percent of
Page 3, Line 7the total amount of money in the fund for administrative costs.
Page 3, Line 8(b) For state fiscal years commencing on or after July 1,
Page 3, Line 92026:
Page 3, Line 10(I) All money deposited in the fund must be used solely for
Page 3, Line 11the compensation of victims pursuant to this part 1; and
Page 3, Line 12(II) The general assembly shall appropriate money to the
Page 3, Line 13district attorney in each judicial district in an amount equal to
Page 3, Line 14twenty percent of the total amount of money in the fund in that
Page 3, Line 15judicial district for administrative costs and in an amount equal
Page 3, Line 16to two and one-half percent of the total amount of money in the
Page 3, Line 17fund in that judicial district for administrative costs.
Page 3, Line 18SECTION 4. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 43-4-205, repeal
Page 3, Line 19(5.5)(a); and add (5.7) as follows:
Page 3, Line 2043-4-205. Allocation of fund - repeal.
Page 3, Line 21(5.5) The following highway users tax fund revenues shall be
Page 3, Line 22allocated and expended in accordance with the formula specified in
Page 3, Line 23subsection (5) of this section:
Page 3, Line 24(a) Revenues from fines, penalties, or forfeitures that are credited
Page 3, Line 25to the fund pursuant to sections 18-4-509 (2)(a), 39-27-104 (1)(g),
Page 3, Line 2642-1-217 (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (1)(e), and (2), 42-4-225 (3), and 42-4-235
Page 3, Line 27(2)(a);
Page 3, Line 28(5.7) Revenues from fines, penalties, or forfeitures that
Page 3, Line 29are credited to the highway users tax fund pursuant to sections
Page 3, Line 3018-4-509 (2)(a), 39-27-104 (1)(g), 42-1-217 (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (1)(e),
Page 3, Line 31and (2), 42-4-225 (3), and 42-4-235 (2)(a), are allocated to the
Page 3, Line 32Colorado state patrol to be used for road safety.".
Page 3, Line 33Page 8 of the bill, before line 4 insert:
Page 3, Line 34"SECTION 5. Appropriation. For the 2025-26 state fiscal year,
Page 3, Line 35$2,250,000 is appropriated to the judicial department for use by state
Page 3, Line 36courts administration. This appropriation is from the general fund. To
Page 3, Line 37implement this act, the state courts may use this appropriation for
Page 3, Line 38Victims' Compensation Administration.
Page 3, Line 39SECTION 6. Appropriation. For the 2026-27 state fiscal year,
Page 3, Line 40$2,250,000 is appropriated to the judicial department for use by state
Page 3, Line 41courts administration. This appropriation is from the general fund. To
Page 4, Line 1implement this act, the state courts may use this appropriation for
Page 4, Line 2Victims' Compensation Administration.".
Page 4, Line 3Renumber succeeding section accordingly.
Page 4, Line 4Page 1, line 106, strike "awards." and substitute "awards and making
Page 4, Line 5an appropriation.".