SB 25-088: Department of Agriculture Supplemental - Colorado

Rerevised (02/13/2025) → Revised (02/12/2025) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was revised from a rerevised version to a revised version, indicating it has been amended on second reading in the second house. The most significant change is the removal of several House sponsors (Bird, Sirota, Taggart, Duran, Espenoza, Joseph, McCluskie, Phillips, Valdez, Woodrow) from the sponsorship list, while retaining the original Senate sponsors. Additionally, the budget summary was updated to include new line items for Workers' Compensation, Operating Expenses, Legal Services, Administrative Law Judge Services, and temporary employees, reflecting updated funding allocations.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on state government budgeting and appropriations, but the funding allocations have been updated with new specific line items and amounts.

TECHNICAL

Multiple House sponsors were removed from the bill sponsorship list, reducing the number of co-sponsors from 10 to 3.

The bill version status changed from 'Rerevised' to 'Revised' with updated amendment language indicating adoption on second reading in the second house.

FISCAL

New budget line items were added including Workers' Compensation ($299,675), Operating Expenses ($603,274), Legal Services ($1,002,945), Administrative Law Judge Services ($704), and Temporary Employees ($704).

Final Act (02/21/2025) → Rerevised (02/13/2025) · 1 edit

MINOR

This bill is a supplemental appropriation to the Colorado Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2024. The primary change from the earlier version is the formatting and presentation of the document, including the addition of official headers, reading dates, and committee assignments. The actual funding amounts and appropriation categories remain unchanged.

TECHNICAL

The document was reformatted to include official legislative headers, reading dates, and committee assignments that were missing from the previous version. The substantive text of the appropriation schedule remains identical.

Signed Act (02/27/2025) → Final Act (02/21/2025) · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill provides supplemental appropriations to the Colorado Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2024, with minor formatting adjustments to the appropriation table. The changes primarily involve reformatting the document structure and correcting numerical formatting in the budget table, such as adding spacing and adjusting decimal point representations in fund allocation columns.

TECHNICAL

Reformatted the document header and title sections to improve layout and readability

Adjusted numerical formatting in the appropriation table, including spacing and decimal point placement in fund allocation columns

Added a note indicating the bill is prepared for signatures by legislative officers and the Governor

Removed original formatting markers that indicated deletions and insertions in the legislative markup process

Reengrossed (02/06/2025) → Signed Act (02/27/2025) · 3 edits · Feb 27, 2025

MINOR

The bill was reengrossed to add additional sponsors and correct formatting inconsistencies in the appropriation table, while maintaining the same supplemental funding amounts for the Department of Agriculture. The changes are primarily administrative and technical rather than substantive policy shifts.

TECHNICAL

Added additional House sponsors (Duran, Espenoza, Joseph, Phillips, Valdez, Woodrow, McCluskie) to the bill sponsorship list.

Corrected formatting inconsistencies in the appropriation table, including alignment of dollar amounts and standardization of fund column headers.

Updated the bill title and summary section to reflect the reengrossed version with all amendments adopted in the House of Introduction.

Engrossed (02/05/2025) → Reengrossed (02/06/2025) · 4 edits · Feb 6, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was reengrossed to include additional sponsors (Roberts) and updated the legislative status to reflect amendments adopted in the House of Introduction. A new summary date of February 6, 2025 was added for the reengrossed version. Financial line items for vehicle lease payments were removed from the appropriations section, indicating a reduction in specific budget allocations for those expenses.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains substantively unchanged in terms of policy, but the legislative status was updated to reflect House amendments and additional sponsors were added.

TECHNICAL

Bill title changed from 'ENGROSSED' to 'REENGROSSED' to indicate it includes all amendments adopted in the House of Introduction.

Additional Senate sponsor Roberts was added to the Senate sponsorship list.

A new summary date of February 6, 2025 was added to indicate when the reengrossed version summary became available.

FISCAL

Specific budget line items for Vehicle Lease Payments (lines 16 and 17) were removed from the appropriations section, reducing the detailed funding breakdown for these expenses.

Introduced (02/03/2025) → Engrossed (02/05/2025) · 4 edits · Feb 6, 2025

MODERATE

This bill was amended between February 3 and February 5, 2025, primarily to update formatting, page numbering, and the status designation from 'Introduced' to 'Engrossed' to reflect adoption of House amendments. The core funding amounts, program categories, and budget allocations remain unchanged.

TECHNICAL

The bill header was updated from 'Introduced' to 'Engrossed' to indicate that all amendments adopted during the House of Introduction were included in this version.

Page numbers and bill identifiers were adjusted from 'SB25-088' to '088' to align with standard legislative formatting conventions.

A date stamp of 'February 5, 2025' and a 'SENATE' identifier were added to the document header to reflect the final version date and chamber.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to column spacing and alignment in the budget tables, though no numerical values were altered.

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