Senate Bill 25-108 Revised

LLS NO. 25-0546.01 Craig Harper x3481
First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
State of Colorado

Senate Sponsorship

Bridges, Amabile, Kirkmeyer

House Sponsorship

Bird, Sirota, Taggart


This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted on Second Reading in the Second House

House 2nd Reading Unamended February 12, 2025

Senate 3rd Reading Unamended February 6, 2025

Senate 2nd Reading Unamended February 5, 2025


Senate Committees

Appropriations

House Committees

Appropriations


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Bill Summary

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at http://leg.colorado.gov.)

Supplemental appropriations are made to the department of state.


Page 1, Line 1Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

Page 1, Line 2

Page 2, Line 1SECTION 1.  Appropriation to the department of state for the

Page 2, Line 2fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024.  In Session Laws of Colorado 2024,

Page 2, Line 3section 2 of chapter 519, (HB 24-1430), amend Part XXI as follows:

Page 2, Line 4Section 2. Appropriation.

Page 3, Line 1Part XXI

Page 3, Line 2DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Page 3, Line 3

Page 3, Line 4(1) ADMINISTRATION DIVISION

Agency Name or Title Item & Subtotal Total General Fund General Fund Exempt Cash Funds Reappropriated Funds Federal Funds

Page 3, Line 5Personal Services

2,826,733

Page 3, Line 6

(25.6 FTE)

Page 3, Line 7Health, Life, and Dental

1,965,056

Page 3, Line 8Short-term Disability

19,768

Page 3, Line 9Paid Family and Medical

Page 3, Line 10Leave Insurance

59,305

Page 3, Line 11Unfunded Liability

Page 3, Line 12Amortization Equalization

Page 3, Line 13Disbursement Payments

1,317,890

Page 3, Line 14Salary Survey

454,764

Page 3, Line 15Step Pay

215,199

Page 4, Line 1PERA Direct Distribution

269,595

Page 4, Line 2Workers' Compensation

95,892

Page 4, Line 3Operating Expenses

536,750

Page 4, Line 4Legal Services

1,166,414

Page 4, Line 5Outside Legal Services

25,000

Page 4, Line 6Administrative Law Judge

Page 4, Line 7Services

48,950

Page 4, Line 8Payment to Risk

Page 4, Line 9Management and Property

Page 4, Line 10Funds

104,384

Page 4, Line 11Vehicle Lease Payments

16,363

Page 4, Line 12Leased Space

1,442,579

Page 4, Line 13Payments to OIT

499,386

Page 4, Line 14CORE Operations

4,744

Page 5, Line 1Electronic Recording

Page 5, Line 2Technology Board

5,479,432

Page 5, Line 3Indirect Cost Assessment

309,604

Page 5, Line 4Discretionary Fund

5,000

Page 5, Line 5

16,862,808

16,862,808a

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Page 5, Line 7a Of this amount, $11,383,376 shall be from the Department of State Cash Fund created in Section 24-21-104 (3)(b), C.R.S. and $5,479,432(I) shall be from the Electronic Recording

Page 5, Line 8Technology Fund created in Section 24-21-404 (1)(a), C.R.S. Appropriations from the Electronic Recording Technology Fund are shown for informational purposes only as the fund

Page 5, Line 9is continuously appropriated to the Department pursuant to Section 24-21-404 (1)(a), C.R.S.

Page 5, Line 10

Page 5, Line 11(2) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION

Agency Name or Title Item & Subtotal Total General Fund General Fund Exempt Cash Funds Reappropriated Funds Federal Funds

Page 5, Line 12Personal Services

7,381,592

Page 5, Line 13

(48.5 FTE)

Page 5, Line 14Operating Expenses

766,699

Page 6, Line 1Hardware/Software

Page 6, Line 2Maintenance

2,953,020

Page 6, Line 3Information Technology

Page 6, Line 4Asset Management

449,093

Page 6, Line 5

11,550,404

239,205

11,311,199a

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Page 6, Line 7a This amount shall be from the Department of State Cash Fund created in Section 24-21-104 (3)(b), C.R.S.

Page 6, Line 8

Page 6, Line 9(3) ELECTIONS DIVISION

Agency Name or Title Item & Subtotal Total General Fund General Fund Exempt Cash Funds Reappropriated Funds Federal Funds

Page 6, Line 10Personal Services

3,649,125

3,649,125a

Page 6, Line 11

(44.5 FTE)

Page 6, Line 12Operating Expenses

489,989

489,989a

Page 6, Line 13Help America Vote Act

Page 6, Line 14Program

244,488

244,488b

Page 7, Line 1Local Election

Page 7, Line 2Reimbursement107108109

8,271,135

2,190,396

5,771,135a

309,604c

Page 7, Line 3Initiative and Referendum

165,000

165,000 a

Page 7, Line 4

219,000

219,000a

Page 7, Line 5Document Management

664,980

664,980a

Page 7, Line 6

13,484,717

Page 7, Line 7

13,538,717

Page 7, Line 8

Page 7, Line 9a These amounts shall be from the Department of State Cash Fund created in Section 24-21-104 (3)(b), C.R.S.

Page 7, Line 10b Of this amount, $234,488 shall be from the Department of State Cash Fund created in Section 24-21-104 (3)(b), C.R.S., and shall be transferred into the Federal Elections Assistance

Page 7, Line 11Fund created in Section 1-1.5-106 (1)(a), C.R.S., which is continuously appropriated to the Department of State for the implementation of the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002,

Page 7, Line 12pursuant to Section 1-1.5-106 (2)(b), C.R.S., and $10,000(I) shall be from the Federal Elections Assistance Fund created in Section 1-1.5-106 (1)(a), C.R.S. which is continuously

Page 7, Line 13appropriated to the Department of State for the implementation of the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 pursuant to Section 1-1.5-106 (2)(b), C.R.S., and is shown for informational

Page 7, Line 14purposes only. Appropriations from the Federal Elections Assistance Fund do not constitute fiscal year spending for the purposes of Section 20 of Article X of the State Constitution.

Page 7, Line 15c This amount shall be from statewide indirect cost recoveries or the Indirect Costs Excess Recovery Fund created in Section 24-75-1401 (2), C.R.S.

Page 8, Line 1

Page 8, Line 2(4) BUSINESS AND LICENSING DIVISION

Agency Name or Title Item & Subtotal Total General Fund General Fund Exempt Cash Funds Reappropriated Funds Federal Funds

Page 8, Line 3Personal Services

3,131,679

Page 8, Line 4

(42.9 FTE)

Page 8, Line 5Operating Expenses

133,075

Page 8, Line 6Business Intelligence Center

Page 8, Line 7Personal Services

318,095

Page 8, Line 8

3,582,849

3,582,849a

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Page 8, Line 10a This amount shall be from the Department of State Cash Fund created in Section 24-21-104 (3)(b), C.R.S.

Page 8, Line 11

Page 8, Line 12

Agency Name or Title Item & Subtotal Total General Fund General Fund Exempt Cash Funds Reappropriated Funds Federal Funds

Page 8, Line 13TOTALS PART XXI

Page 8, Line 14(STATE)

$45,480,778

$2,429,601

$42,741,573 a

$309,604

Page 8, Line 15

$45,534,778

$42,795,573a

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Page 9, Line 2a Of this amount, $5,489,432 contains an (I) notation.

Page 9, Line 3

Page 9, Line 4Footnotes: The following statements are referenced to the numbered footnotes throughout section 2.

Page 9, Line 5

Page 9, Line 6107Department of State, Elections Division, Local Election Reimbursement -- If actual reimbursements to counties required by Section 1-5-505.5, C.R.S., exceed

Page 9, Line 7the cash fund amounts specified in this line item, the Department may spend up to 115.0 percent of the cash funds amount specified to make the required

Page 9, Line 8reimbursements.

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Page 9, Line 10108Department of State, Elections Division, Local Election Reimbursement -- The Department is only permitted to use General Fund for reimbursement to

Page 9, Line 11counties for direct election costs.

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Page 9, Line 13109Department of State, Elections Division, Local Election Reimbursement -- The Department is only permitted to use cash funds for reimbursement to counties

Page 9, Line 14for direct election costs or for purposes of election security.


Page 10, Line 1SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,

Page 10, Line 2determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate

Page 10, Line 3preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for

Page 10, Line 4the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state

Page 10, Line 5institutions.