SB216 eliminates a statutory duty of the Colorado Commissioner of Education to annually reprint and distribute laws enacted by the General Assembly concerning education. Under current law, those reprints are funded from the state public school fund; the bill repeals that requirement and removes the related funding provision.
The measure also makes a conforming budget change by reducing the Department of Education’s cash funds appropriation for reprinting and distributing education laws by $35,480 for the 2025-26 fiscal year. The bill takes effect July 1, 2025, and is framed as an appropriations-related act.
Impact
The bill amends Colorado Revised Statutes sections 22-2-112 and 22-54-114 by deleting the commissioner’s annual reprinting obligation and the requirement that publishing costs be paid from the state public school fund. It also adjusts the 2025 long bill to reduce the Department of Education’s appropriation for this purpose, resulting in a small savings to the public school fund and ending a recurring administrative printing function.
Sentiment
The available voting history shows strong bipartisan support and no recorded opposition. The bill passed Senate Appropriations 7-0, Senate Third Reading 29-0, House Appropriations 11-0, and House Third Reading 63-0, indicating broad agreement that the annual reprinting requirement was unnecessary and that the associated appropriation should be reduced.
Contention
There is little evidence of substantive controversy in the available record. The only likely point of discussion would have been whether the state should continue producing annual printed compilations of education laws versus relying on electronic or other updated access methods. However, the unanimous committee and floor votes suggest that any concerns about access, administrative convenience, or cost were resolved in favor of eliminating the printing mandate.