SB 154: Modify Colorado Channel Authority Board Appointments - Colorado

Rerevised → Final Act · 4 edits · May 20, 2026

MODERATE

This bill modifies the Colorado Channel Authority Board by changing how members are appointed and ensuring political party balance. It also reduces a specific state appropriation by $1,446 to offset the cost of these changes. The bill clarifies that board members appointed from the legislature must remain legislators to serve, while vacancies are filled by the same political party leaders who made the original appointments.

Scope change

The bill applies to the appointment process and term limits for the nine-member Colorado Channel Authority Board, specifically altering eligibility requirements for legislative members and the method for filling vacancies.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the appointment process to ensure the board always includes a member from each major political party in both the House and Senate, with vacancies filled by the same party leaders who made the original appointments.

Updated the term structure to ensure that no more than three board members' terms expire in the same year, maintaining staggered terms.

ELIGIBILITY

Clarified that members of the board appointed from the legislature must continue to serve as legislators to hold their board seats, rather than being able to serve as independent members.

FISCAL

Decreased a general fund appropriation for the legislative department by $1,446 to account for the changes in board composition and staffing.

Revised → Rerevised · 3 edits · May 9, 2026

MINOR

The bill was re-revised to include additional House sponsors (Brown, Flanell, and Titone) and updated the House reading status to '3rd Reading Unamended' with a new date of May 9, 2026. Substantive content regarding the bill's effective dates and safety clause was removed, indicating these sections were likely deleted or consolidated in a previous revision step.

Scope change

The bill's scope of applicability remains unchanged, but the legislative record now reflects a new set of sponsors and a specific date for the third house reading.

TECHNICAL

Added three new House sponsors: Brown, Flanell, and Titone, expanding the coalition supporting the bill.

Updated the House reading status to '3rd Reading Unamended' and set the date to May 9, 2026.

Removed the text specifying that Section 2 takes effect only if House Bill 26-1333 becomes law, and deleted the Safety Clause (Section 4).

Reengrossed → Revised · 3 edits · May 7, 2026

MINOR

The bill status changed from 'Reengrossed' to 'Revised' to reflect amendments adopted on second reading in the second house. Committee assignments were updated to include 'Civic' in the House committee name. Several blank lines and a '2nd Reading Unamended' date stamp were added to the header, likely for formatting or tracking purposes.

TECHNICAL

The bill title page status was updated from 'Reengrossed' to 'Revised' to indicate the current version includes all amendments adopted on second reading.

The House committee name was expanded from 'State, Veterans, & Military Affairs' to 'State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs'.

Multiple blank lines and a '2nd Reading Unamended' date stamp were inserted into the header section.

Engrossed → Reengrossed · 2 edits · Apr 29, 2026

MINOR

The bill status changed from 'Engrossed' to 'Reengrossed' to reflect that all amendments adopted during the House of Introduction phase have been incorporated into this version. A new notice was added to clarify that the current bill summary applies only to the original introduced version, and a future summary reflecting the reengrossed changes will be available later.

TIMELINE

Added a notice stating that the current summary does not reflect amendments and that a new summary will be available for the reengrossed version.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill status header from 'ENGROSSED' to 'REENGROSSED' to indicate the inclusion of all amendments.

Introduced → Engrossed · 4 edits · Apr 28, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was amended to remove the requirement that certain appointees to the Colorado Channel Authority Board must be members of the General Assembly, allowing for independent appointments. Additionally, the bill added a new section to reduce the 2026-27 state budget appropriation by $1,446 to offset the cost of repealing the membership requirement, and changed the effective date of the funding adjustment to align with the passage of the related budget bill.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include budgetary adjustments and modified the eligibility criteria for board appointments by removing the legislative membership requirement.

ELIGIBILITY

Deleted the requirement that board appointees must be members of the General Assembly.

FISCAL

Added a provision to decrease the legislative department's general fund appropriation by $1,446 for the 2026-27 fiscal year.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date of the funding reduction to occur only if the related budget bill (HB 26-1333) becomes law.

REQUIREMENT

Added a safety clause declaring the act necessary for the preservation of public peace, health, or safety.

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