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Colorado House refers a package of supplemental appropriation bills to Appropriations Committee and adjourns
Summary
The Colorado House received committee reports and introduced a large package of supplemental appropriation bills—many sponsored by Representative Sirota with Senator Bridges as a cosponsor—and referred them to the Committee on Appropriations; the House then adjourned to Feb. 9, 2026.
Chief Clerk Riley opened the session by reporting committee-of-reference recommendations and reading committee reports into the record, including a recommendation that "HB 26-1005" be referred favorably to the Committee on Finance, the clerk said.
The clerk then introduced a large set of supplemental appropriation bills and formally assigned most of them to the Committee on Appropriations. Representative Saroda and Senator Bridges were listed as sponsors for "HB 26-1150," described as a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Agriculture. A substantial package introduced by Representative Sirota (with Senator Bridges named as a cosponsor) included supplemental appropriations affecting the Department of Corrections (HB 26-1151), Early Childhood (HB 26-1152), Education (HB 26-1153), the offices of the governor and lieutenant governor and state planning and budgeting (HB 26-1154), Health Care Policy and Financing (HB 26-1155), Higher Education (HB 26-1156), Human Services (HB 26-1157), the judicial department (HB 26-1158), Labor and Employment (HB 26-1159), the Department of Law (HB 26-1160), Local Affairs (HB 26-1161), Military and Veterans Affairs (HB 26-1162), Natural Resources (HB 26-1163), Personnel (HB 26-1164), Public Health and Environment (HB 26-1165), Public Safety (HB 26-1166), Regulatory Agencies (HB 26-1167), Revenue (HB 26-1168), State (HB 26-1169), Transportation (HB 26-1170), the Treasury (HB 26-1171), and capital construction and related information-technology funding (HB 26-1172 and HB 26-1173). The clerk also read bills introduced by Representatives Brown and Taggart, with Senators Amabile and Kirkmeyer named as cosponsors, including HB 26-1174 (school funding adjustments for the 2025–26 budget year) and HB 26-1175 (spending from the state education fund, including provisions related to the Colorado Teacher of the Year program). Additional introductions included HB 26-1176 (modifications to the fourth-year innovation pilot), HB 26-1177 (ending wage-enhancement supplemental payments to nursing home providers), HB 26-1178 (comptroller authority for expenditures in excess of appropriations), and HB 26-1179 (a transfer for fiscal year 2025–26 to the IT capital account). Each bill as read was assigned to the Committee on Appropriations unless otherwise noted on the record.
No floor debate, recorded votes, or amendment actions were read into the record for these introductions during the session. The clerk did not read specific dollar amounts or detailed budget line items for the bills in this floor reading; those details are not specified in the session transcript and will be considered in committee. Several bills were read "as amended" where the committee had reported changes, but the transcript does not include the text of those amendments.
Near the close of the session the Madam Majority Leader moved, "Madam Speaker, I move that the House stand in adjournment until Monday, 02/09/2026 at 10AM?" The Madam Speaker then announced, "The House is adjourned until Monday, February 9 at 10AM." The motion carried as announced and the House adjourned.
What happened next: each bill introduced was sent to the Committee on Appropriations (or to Finance where the clerk indicated), where committee hearings, fiscal notes and possible amendments will determine whether and how the supplemental appropriations proceed. The House will reconvene on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, at 10 a.m.
