HB 25-1296 Colorado House · 2025 Regular Session

Tax Expenditure Adjustment

Summary
The act adjusts several state tax expenditures as follows: Section 2 of the act allows an individual to present a copy of their federal tax return to be exempted from the medical marijuana registry application fee; Section 3 requires insurance companies, when submitting certain filings with the division of insurance, to submit the total annual dollar amount of premiums collected or contracted for on policies or contracts of insurance covering property or risks in Colorado during the previous calendar year from entities that are exempt from taxation; Section 4 ensures that the valuation for assessment for qualified-senior primary residence real property is reduced for the property tax years commencing on January 1, 2025, and January 1, 2026; Section 6 adds the amount of any overtime compensation excluded or deducted from a taxpayer's federal gross income to that taxpayer's federal taxable income for purposes of determining the taxpayer's state taxable income; Section 7 expands the definition of local government to include counties for purposes of the alternative transportation options tax credit; Section 8 modifies the tax credit for qualified costs incurred in preservation of historic structures by removing the 5% increase in the percentage of rehabilitation expenses incurred in a rehabilitation in a disaster area for the rehabilitation of a commercial structure that are applicable for the tax credit; Section 9 extends the tax credit for monetary contributions to promote child care, so that the tax credit is available through income tax years commencing before January 1, 2030, rather than January 1, 2026; Section 10 limits the existing business personal property tax credit so that a taxpayer may only claim the tax deduction for income tax years commencing before January 1, 2026; Section 12 clarifies and modifies definitions for the qualified care worker tax credit; Section 13 allows the executive director of the department of revenue to direct employers who make payments of compensation other than wages to withhold an amount that approximates an employee's income tax due to the state from that employee's compensation; Section 14 expands the definition of agricultural commodities to include products regulated under article 10 of title 44 for purposes of the pesticides, fertilizers, and spray adjuvants wholesale sales tax exemption; Section 15 ensures that, beginning July 1, 2025, interstate telephone and telegraph services are subject to state sales tax; Section 16 exempts the sale of medical marijuana to an individual who presents a valid electronic benefits transfer card or certain other identification from sales tax; and Section 17 modifies the enterprise zone tax credit for income tax years beginning January 1, 2026, by limiting the total amount of the credit that may be claimed to $2 million, providing an exemption process for that limit, and prohibiting certain taxpayers from claiming that credit.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Mar 5, 2025 Signed May 16, 2025
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What changed between versions

Revised (05/02/2025) PA2 (05/01/2025) · 2 edits
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The bill's status changed from a revised version with adopted amendments to a preamended version containing unofficial committee amendments not yet adopted. This indicates the bill is in an earlier legislative stage where proposed changes are still pending approval.
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Document header changed from 'REVISED' to 'PREAMENDED' with updated version notes indicating committee amendments are unofficial and not yet adopted on second reading.

Removed 'Amended 2nd Reading' designation and associated date stamp (May 2, 2025) from the bill text.

Floor votes · Senate May 6, 2025 · House Apr 28, 2025

How they voted

2212
Passed
Total votes 34
May 6, 2025
D Democratic22
21 Yea 1 Nay
95% Yea
R Republican12
1 Yea 11 Nay
91% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Amendments
2
May 16, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
May 7, 2025
Introduced
House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
lower
May 6, 2025
Introduced
House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
lower
May 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
upper
May 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
upper
May 1, 2025
Committee
Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance
upper
Apr 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
lower
Apr 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Committee
House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee on Finance Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance
lower
3 primary · 15 co-sponsors

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