HB 1333 — Fiscal Year 2026-27 Legislative Appropriation Bill

SecondNOTE: Regular Session Seventy-fifth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REREVISED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the Second House LLS NO.

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ThisHOUSE summaryBILL applies26-1333 toBY thisREPRESENTATIVE(S) billMcCluskie as introduced and doesDuran, notreflectanyamendmentsthatmaybesubsequentlyadopted.IfthisbillCaldwell, dBacon, passesBoesenecker, thirdBrown, readingJoseph, inLindsay, theSirota, houseTaggart; of introduction, a bill summary that e 6 m 0 applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at S n , http://leg.colorado.gov/.) U g 2 O i c H e a ExecutiveCommitteeoftheLegislativeCouncil.Thebillmakes R M r appropriations for matters related to the legislative department for the 3 2026-27 state fiscal year.

ealso nSENATOR(S) eRodriguez 2and BeSimpson, itColeman, enactedKipp. by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

EC aONCERNING 2THE UPAYMENT UOF 3THE OEXPENSES nOF hTHE ShadingLEGISLATIVE denotesDEPARTMENT HOUSE. amendment.

DoubleBe underliningit denotesenacted SENATEby amendment.the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

HSECTION1. a a Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.e M Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.

dAppropriation.(1) 1Forthe2026-27statefiscalyear, SECTION$76,394,609 1.is appropriated to the legislative department.

Appropriation.This appropriation consists of $74,607,929 from the general fund, $5,000 from cash funds, and $1,781,680 from reappropriated funds.

(1) For the 2026-27 state fiscal year, $76,394,609is appropriated to the legislative department.

This appropriationconsistsof$74,607,929romthegeneralfund,$5,000from cash funds, and $1,781,680 from reappropriated funds.

(a) $25,550,358for$25,550,358 for use by the general assembly, which amount:

(I) Consists of $25,545,358from$25,545,358 from the general fund and $5,000 from cashcashfundsgeneratedfromthesaleofbillboxes,legislativedirectories,and funds generated from the sale of bill boxes, legislative directories, and publications and other services provided by the print shop;

and (II) IsbasedontheassumptionthatthegeneralassemblywillhaveIs 173.4based FTE;on the assumption that the general assembly will have ________ Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law;

(b)dashes $14,265,042forthrough usewords byor thenumbers officeindicate ofdeletions thefrom stateexisting auditor,law whichand amount:such material is not part of the act.

(I)173.4 Consistsof$12,624,362fromthegeneralfundand$1,640,680FTE; fromreappropriated funds received fromvariousdepartmentsforaudits;

(b) $14,265,042 for use by the office of the state auditor, which amount:

(I) Consists of $12,624,362 from the general fund and $1,640,680 from reappropriated funds received from various departments for audits;

(c) $3,072,666$3,072,666forusebythejointbudgetcommittee,whichamount for use by the joint budget committee, which amount is:

(d) $17,836,918forusebythelegislativecouncil,whichamount:$17,836,918 for use by the legislative council, which amount:

(I) Consists of $17,695,918rom$17,695,918 from the general fund and $141,000 from reappropriated funds received from the general assemblyassemblypursuant pursuant -2- 1333 to section 24-70-203 (1)(a), C.R.S.;

and (II) IsIsbasedontheassumptionthatthelegislative basedcouncilwillhave on the assumption that the legislative council will have 109.6 FTE;

(e) $10,991,239forusebythecommitteeonlegalservices,which$10,991,239 for use by the committee on legal services, which amount is:

and (II) BasedontheBased on the assumption that the committee on legalserviceslegal services will have 64.8 FTE;

and (f) $4,678,386from$4,678,386 from the general fund for the PERA Amortization Equalization Disbursement and PERA Supplemental Amortization Equalization Disbursement.

PAGE 2-HOUSE BILL 26-1333 (2) Thegeneralassemblyanticipatesthat,duringthe2026-27stateThe general assemblyanticipates that, during the 2026-27 state fiscal year, the tax levy on civil actions provided for in section 2-5-119, C.R.S., will return approximately $203,077 to the general fund to offset expenses of the revision of statutes by the office of legislative legal services.

ThelegislativedepartmentisresponsiblefortheaccountingrelatedtothisThe legislative department is responsible for the accounting related to this appropriation.

This appropriationconsistsof$72,829,086fromthegeneralfund,$5,000fromappropriation consists of $72,829,086 from the general fund, $5,000 from cash funds, and $1,743,227 from reappropriated funds.

The legislative -3- 1333 department may use this appropriation as follows:

(d) $17,384,445forusebythelegislativecouncil,whichamount:$17,384,445 for use by the legislative council, which amount:

and (II) IsIsbasedontheassumptionthatthelegislativecouncilwillhave based on the assumption that the legislative council will have 109.9 FTE;ANDFTE; (III) NCLUDES $30,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND THAT ,IF NOT EXPENDED PRIOR TO ULY 1, 2026,IS FURTHER APPROPRIATED TO THE LEGISLATIVEDEPARTMENTFORTHE 2026-27STATEFISCALYEARFORUSE BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR NEW LEGISLATOR ORIENTATION AND OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS;

AND (III) INCLUDES $30,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND THAT , IF NOT EXPENDED PRIOR TO JULY 1, 2026, IS FURTHER APPROPRIATED TO THE LEGISLATIVEDEPARTMENTFORTHE 2026-27 STATEFISCALYEARFORUSEBY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR NEW LEGISLATOR ORIENTATION AND OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ;

The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservationofthepublicpeace,health,orsafetyorforappropriationsforpreservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for PAGE 3-HOUSE BILL 26-1333 the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state institutions.

-4-____________________________ 1333____________________________ Julie McCluskie James Rashad Coleman, Sr.

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE ____________________________ ____________________________ Vanessa Reilly Esther van Mourik CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE SECRETARY OF OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE APPROVED________________________________________ (Date and Time) _________________________________________ Jared S.

Polis GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO PAGE 4-HOUSE BILL 26-1333