SB 25-317 Colorado Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Transfer Cash Fund Investment Earnings to General Fund

Summary
For state fiscal year 2025-26 only, the act directs the state treasurer to transfer all interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the following funds and accounts to the general fund: The workers' compensation cash fund; The decommissioning fund; The AIR account in the highway users tax fund; The supplier database cash fund; The emergency medical services account; The plant health, pest control, and environmental protection fund; The Colorado DRIVES vehicle services account; The nursing home penalty cash fund; The advanced industries acceleration cash fund; The indirect costs excess recovery fund; The limited gaming fund; The energy fund; The small business recovery and resiliency fund; The energy outreach Colorado low-income energy assistance fund; The Colorado economic development fund; The Colorado firefighting air corps fund; The Colorado agricultural future loan program cash fund; The subsequent injury fund; The major medical insurance fund; The species conservation trust fund; The water supply reserve fund; The local government severance tax fund; The wildfire mitigation capacity development fund; The natural resource damage recovery fund; and The supplemental state contribution fund. For state fiscal year 2025-26 and each state fiscal year thereafter, the act directs the state treasurer to transfer all interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the following funds and accounts to the general fund: The correctional treatment cash fund; The Colorado heritage communities fund; The multidisciplinary crime prevention and crisis intervention grant fund; The sustainable rebuilding program fund; The industrial and manufacturing operations clean air grant program cash fund; The geothermal energy grant fund; The clean air building investments fund; The community access to electric bicycles cash fund; The Colorado office of film, television, and media operational account cash fund; The Colorado startup loan program fund; The innovative housing incentive program fund; The state emergency reserve cash fund; The just transition cash fund; The legislative department cash fund; The state agency sustainability revolving fund; The law enforcement workforce recruitment, retention, and tuition grant fund; The jail standard advisory committee cash fund; The innovative energy fund; The cannabis resource optimization cash fund; The streamlined solar permitting and inspection cash fund; The procurement technical assistance cash fund; The community revitalization fund; The transit-oriented communities infrastructure fund; and The accessory dwelling unit fee reduction and encouragement grant program fund. On June 30, 2025, the act transfers specified amounts, which are the estimated amounts of interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in each of the foregoing funds and accounts, as well as the housing development grant fund, the capital construction fund, and the information technology capital account in the capital construction fund, in the 2024-25 state fiscal year, from each of those funds and accounts to the general fund. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 25, 2025 Signed Jun 3, 2025
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What changed between versions

Revised (05/01/2025) → PA1 (04/29/2025) · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill was amended to clarify that interest and income transfers from cash funds to the general fund are intended to match amounts accrued during the 2024-25 fiscal year. The amendment also updated the effective date for certain provisions from fiscal years beginning on or before July 1, 2024, to fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2025, and added a specific transfer requirement of $677,822 from the Legislative Department Cash Fund to the General Fund on June 30, 2025.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to include a specific one-time transfer amount and clarified the fiscal year applicability of interest transfer rules.
FISCAL

Added a specific requirement for the State Treasurer to transfer $677,822 from the Legislative Department Cash Fund to the General Fund on June 30, 2025.

TIMELINE

Modified the effective date for interest transfer rules from fiscal years beginning on or before July 1, 2024, to fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2025.

DEFINITION

Added a legislative declaration clarifying that transfers are meant to equal interest and investment income accrued during the 2024-25 state fiscal year.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 30, 2025 · House May 2, 2025

How they voted

31–3
Passed
Total votes 34
Apr 30, 2025
D Democratic22
22 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican12
9 Yea 3 Nay
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Jun 3, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
May 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
lower
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
upper
Apr 25, 2025
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations
upper
4 primary · 2 co-sponsors

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