Concerning a supplemental appropriation to the department of revenue.
House Bill 26-1168 makes a supplemental appropriation to the Colorado Department of Revenue for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025. The bill revises funding levels across the department’s major operating units, including the Executive Director’s Office, Taxation Business Group, Division of Motor Vehicles, Specialized Business Group, and State Lottery Division. It also updates funding for a wide range of specific programs and line items such as tax administration IT support, driver services, license plate ordering, marijuana enforcement, liquor and tobacco enforcement, racing events, firearms dealers, and lottery operations.
The measure is primarily a budget-adjustment bill rather than a policy bill. It changes the amounts appropriated from the General Fund, cash funds, reappropriated funds, and federal funds, and it identifies numerous dedicated revenue sources that support department operations, including the Highway Users Tax Fund, Marijuana Cash Fund, Lottery Fund, Limited Gaming Fund, Tobacco Tax Cash Fund, and other special funds. The bill includes a safety clause, indicating it is intended to take effect immediately as part of the state’s support and maintenance appropriations.
The bill amends the state’s fiscal year 2025-26 appropriations act to increase, decrease, or otherwise realign spending authority for the Department of Revenue. It affects state budget law by modifying line-item appropriations and fund sources for administrative, tax, motor vehicle, gaming, marijuana, firearms, and lottery functions, but it does not create new regulatory requirements or change substantive tax or licensing statutes. The practical effect is to authorize the department to spend updated amounts from existing funds and to reflect transfers, indirect cost recoveries, and other accounting adjustments across multiple programs and accounts.
The available record suggests the bill was noncontroversial and routine. There are no committee transcript excerpts or recorded vote details in the provided materials, and the bill ultimately passed and was signed by the Governor. As a supplemental appropriation measure, it appears to have been treated as a standard budget maintenance bill necessary to keep department operations funded.
No specific points of contention are documented in the provided materials. Because the bill is a supplemental appropriation, any disagreement would likely have centered on the size of particular line-item adjustments, the use of General Fund versus cash funds, or the allocation of money among programs such as marijuana enforcement, gaming, motor vehicle services, and tax administration. However, the record provided does not show any named opponents, amendments in dispute, or recorded objections.