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.".