Senate Committee of Reference Report

Committee on Appropriations

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April 25, 2025

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

SB25-120     be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar:

Page 1, Line 1Amend the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee Report, dated

Page 1, Line 2March 13, 2025, page 7, lines 8 and 9, strike "Money in the cash fund

Page 1, Line 3is continuously appropriated to the Colorado school of mines"

Page 1, Line 4and substitute "Subject to annual appropriation by the general

Page 1, Line 5assembly, the Colorado school of mines may expend money from

Page 1, Line 6the cash fund".

Page 1, Line 7Page 7, after line 40 insert:

Page 1, Line 8"SECTION 4.  Appropriation. For the 2025-26 state fiscal year,

Page 1, Line 9$500,000 is appropriated to the department of higher education for use by

Page 1, Line 10the trustees of the Colorado school of mines. This appropriation is from

Page 1, Line 11the Colorado nuclear workforce development and education cash fund

Page 1, Line 12created in section 23-41-306, C.R.S. To implement this act, the trustees of

Page 1, Line 13the Colorado school of mines may use this appropriation to provide grants

Page 1, Line 14to eligible institutions for the development or expansion of degree

Page 1, Line 15programs, certificate programs, individual courses, or modular training

Page 1, Line 16focused on nuclear energy, including fusion and fission, through the

Page 1, Line 17Colorado nuclear workforce development and education grant program."

Page 1, Line 18Renumber succeeding section accordingly.

Page 1, Line 19Amend printed bill, page 1, line 102, strike "sector." and substitute

Page 1, Line 20"sector, and, in connection therewith, making an

Page 1, Line 21appropriation.".