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Senate approves bill to strengthen assistance for coal transition communities

2360104 · February 19, 2025
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Summary

Senate Bill 37 passed after amendments to improve timelines, add performance reporting and give preference to tier‑1 coal transition communities in certain DOLA grants; sponsors said the bill clarifies and accelerates aid for communities facing coal plant closures.

The Colorado Senate on Feb. 19 approved SB37, a bill sponsors said will make the Office of Just Transition more responsive to communities impacted by coal plant and mine closures and align grant timelines with known closure schedules.

Senator Roberts, a sponsor, said the bill will help tier‑1 transition communities by improving transparency, timelines and grant priorities. The Senate adopted a series of technical and substantive amendments on the…

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