Staff Publications Legislative Department Budget Narrative Summary for Fiscal Year 2026-27 This narrative describes the Legislative Department’s budget proposal for FY 2026-27. Publishing agency: Legislative Council Staff Release date: 2026-03-12 Subjects: Fiscal Policy & Taxes General Assembly State Government State Revenue & Budget
SB26-139 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Local Education Provider Workforce Housing LONG TITLE: Concerning funding for the creation of local education provider workforce housing by local education providers. LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education SUBJECTS: Education & School Finance (Pre & K 12) Housing SPONSORS: Sen. J. Bridges Sen. D. Roberts Rep. K. Stewart Rep. M. Lukens
HB26-1332 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Legislative Department Cash Fund LONG TITLE: Concerning the legislative department cash fund. LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations SUBJECTS: General Assembly SPONSORS: Rep. J. McCluskie Rep. M. Duran Sen. R. Rodriguez Sen. C. Simpson
HB26-1200 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Armed Services Member Motor Vehicle Taxes & Fees LONG TITLE: Concerning required payments upon registration of a vehicle for a member of the United States armed forces serving outside the state. LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments SUBJECTS: Transportation & Motor Vehicles SPONSORS: Rep. L. Garcia Sander Rep. M. Martinez Sen. B. Pelton
HB26-1331 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Modify 2026 Interim Committees LONG TITLE: Concerning modifications to legislative interim activities. LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations SUBJECTS: General Assembly SPONSORS: Rep. J. McCluskie Rep. J. Caldwell Sen. J. Coleman Sen. C. Simpson
HB26-1158 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Judicial Department Supplemental LONG TITLE: Concerning a supplemental appropriation to the judicial department. LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: State Revenue & Budget SPONSORS: Rep. E. Sirota Sen. J. Bridges
HB26-1142 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Child Advocacy Centers LONG TITLE: Concerning child advocacy centers in cases of child maltreatment. LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole SUBJECTS: Children & Domestic Matters SPONSORS: Rep. R. Taggart Rep. A. Boesenecker Sen. D. Roberts Sen. M. Ball
SB26-084 Bill | 2026 Regular Session No Waiver for Legal Privileges State Auditor Documents LONG TITLE: Concerning the preservation of privileges for certain state entities in connection with information made available to the office of the state auditor in the performance of its statutorily prescribed duties related to the state's fraud hotline. LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole SUBJECTS: State Government SPONSORS: Sen. M. Weissman Sen. L. Frizell Rep. M. Brooks Rep. J. Willford
HB26-1294 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Fix Incorrect Citation Compact Military Children LONG TITLE: Concerning the correction of a citation within the definition of "active duty" for purposes of the "Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children". LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs SUBJECTS: Military & Veterans SPONSORS: Rep. C. Espenoza Rep. S. Luck Sen. M. Ball Sen. T. Exum
HB26-1220 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Update Behavioral Health License Terminology LONG TITLE: Concerning updating terminology from "acute treatment unit" to "behavioral health entity" to conform with existing behavioral health licenses. LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs SUBJECTS: Health Care & Health Insurance SPONSORS: Rep. M. Carter Rep. B. Bradley Sen. T. Exum Sen. J. Rich
HB26-1293 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Modernization of Requirements for Ballot Information Booklet LONG TITLE: Concerning the modernization of requirements for the ballot information booklet. LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs SUBJECTS: Elections & Redistricting State Government SPONSORS: Rep. C. Espenoza Rep. S. Luck Sen. T. Exum
HB26-1219 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Battery Assessment Submission Deadline Change LONG TITLE: Concerning extending the deadline by which a battery stewardship organization must submit an assessment regarding the end-of-life management of certain batteries to the general assembly. LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs SUBJECTS: Natural Resources & Environment SPONSORS: Rep. B. Bradley Rep. C. Espenoza Sen. M. Ball Sen. J. Rich
HB26-1217 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Correct Child Support Guidelines Statutory Cites LONG TITLE: Concerning correcting cross references in the child support guidelines. LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs SUBJECTS: Children & Domestic Matters SPONSORS: Rep. C. Espenoza Rep. B. Bradley Sen. J. Rich Sen. M. Ball
HB26-1218 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Clarifying Validity of Common Law Marriage LONG TITLE: Concerning clarifying the validity of common law marriage by restoring a previously repealed provision. LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs SUBJECTS: Children & Domestic Matters SPONSORS: Rep. C. Espenoza Rep. S. Luck Sen. M. Catlin Sen. M. Ball
HB26-1295 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Repeal of Obsolete Statutory Requirements LONG TITLE: Concerning the repeal of obsolete statutory requirements related to fulfilled reporting requirements, and, in connection therewith, repealing entities that have fulfilled their statutory requirements. LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs SUBJECTS: General Assembly State Government SPONSORS: Rep. B. Bradley Rep. C. Espenoza Sen. J. Rich
SB26-060 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Mental Health Training in Concussion Education LONG TITLE: Concerning information about youth athlete mental health training, and, in connection therewith, requiring mental health training for youth sports coaches and requiring the coaches to notify parents of possible mental health risks associated... LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole SUBJECTS: Education & School Finance (Pre & K 12) SPONSORS: Sen. R. Pelton Sen. L. Daugherty
HB26-1291 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Educator Performance Evaluations LONG TITLE: Concerning modifications to the execution of licensed personnel performance evaluations. LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | House Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely SUBJECTS: Education & School Finance (Pre & K 12) SPONSORS: Rep. E. Hamrick Rep. L. Goldstein Sen. C. Kolker
HB26-1043 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Transportation Network Company Discriminatory Practices LONG TITLE: Concerning measures to address discriminatory conduct engaged in by transportation network company drivers in providing services to riders. LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations SUBJECTS: Transportation & Motor Vehicles SPONSORS: Rep. G. Rydin
SB26-123 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Prohibit Ventilation Shutdown for Poultry LONG TITLE: Concerning a prohibition on the use of ventilation shutdown in the depopulation of poultry. LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Postpone Indefinitely SUBJECTS: Agriculture SPONSORS: Sen. L. Cutter Rep. E. Velasco
HB26-1031 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Protections for Agricultural Products Grown in Colorado LONG TITLE: Concerning protections for certain agricultural products grown in Colorado. LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole SUBJECTS: Agriculture SPONSORS: Rep. M. Soper Rep. M. Martinez Sen. D. Roberts Sen. M. Catlin
SB26-135 Bill | 2026 Regular Session State Public K-12 Education Funding LONG TITLE: Concerning state public education K-12 funding, and, in connection therewith, increasing appropriations for state public education K-12 by up to two percent for ten years, using the increased appropriations for district school financing fact... LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations SUBJECTS: Education & School Finance (Pre & K 12) Fiscal Policy & Taxes SPONSORS: Sen. J. Bridges Sen. C. Kipp Rep. J. Bacon Rep. M. Lukens
SB26-098 Bill | 2026 Regular Session State & Local Noise Abatement Authority LONG TITLE: Concerning the applicability of certain noise abatement provisions, and, in connection therewith, reestablishing local authority with respect to noise abatement. LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole SUBJECTS: Public Health SPONSORS: Sen. L. Liston Sen. M. Ball Rep. G. Rydin
SB26-105 Bill | 2026 Regular Session County Executive Officer Disclosures LONG TITLE: Concerning county executive officers, and, in connection therewith, requiring coroners, clerks and recorders, and assessors to disclose their financial interests in regulated businesses; requiring coroners to disclose an aggregate number of ... LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole SUBJECTS: Local Government Professions & Occupations SPONSORS: Sen. N. Hinrichsen Rep. M. Martinez Rep. T. Mauro
HB26-1069 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Availability of Emergency Medical Services LONG TITLE: Concerning increasing the availability of emergency medical services, and, in connection therewith, making and reducing an appropriation. LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services SUBJECTS: Health Care & Health Insurance Insurance Labor & Employment SPONSORS: Rep. L. Feret Rep. K. Stewart Sen. K. Mullica
HB26-1115 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Prepaid Wireless Telecom Services Modifications LONG TITLE: Concerning modifications to the prepaid wireless telecommunications service charges. LAST ACTION: 03/12/2026 | House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass SUBJECTS: Local Government SPONSORS: Rep. A. Boesenecker Rep. K. Stewart Sen. D. Roberts Sen. S. Bright
