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House Appropriations Committee advances 30 supplemental bills; school finance and a range of agency trues‑ups move forward
Summary
In a single session the House Appropriations Committee moved roughly 30 supplemental appropriations to the Committee of the Whole, mostly on favorable recommendations. The package included trues‑ups for many agencies and a school‑finance midyear adjustment that reduces the state share by about $103.5 million.
The Colorado House Appropriations Committee considered about 30 supplemental bills across state government and advanced the entire package to the Committee of the Whole with mostly favorable recommendations.
Most bills were technical trues‑ups or agency‑specific supplemental adjustments. Sponsors described routine alignment of prior appropriations with actual FY25 spending, roll‑forward authority for previously authorized grants, OIT real‑time billing and fleet trues‑ups, and a number of small programmatic adjustments. Committee votes were typically lopsided in favor; several items passed unanimously.
Votes and notable results (committee action summary):
- HB 11 50 (Department of Agriculture): moved to Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation; passed 10–0 (Velasco excused). - HB 11 51 (Department of Corrections): favorable recommendation; passed 8–2 with 1 excused. - HB 11 52 (Department of Early Childhood): favorable recommendation; passed 10–1. - HB 11 53 (Department of Education): favorable recommendation; passed 10–1. - HB 11 54 (Governor's Office technical trues‑up): favorable recommendation; passed 10–1. - HB 11 55 (HCPCF health supplemental): favorable recommendation; passed 9–2 (detailed coverage in separate article). - HB 11 56 (Higher Education): favorable; passed 9–2. - HB 11 57 (Human Services, amended J001 on SNAP over‑expenditure): J001 adopted; HB 11 57 as amended passed 9–2. - HB 11 58 (Judicial): favorable; passed 10–1. - HB 11 59 (Labor & Employment): favorable; passed unanimously. - HB 11 60 (Department of Law): favorable; passed 10–1. - HB 11 61 (Local Affairs): favorable; recorded as passed by committee. - HB 11 62 (Military & Veterans Affairs): favorable; passed unanimously. - HB 11 63 (Natural Resources, J001 technical correction doubling CPW range riders): J001 adopted; bill passed unanimously. - HB 11 64 (Personnel): favorable; passed 10–1. - HB 11 65 (Public Health & Environment, J001 removing WIC increase): J001 adopted; HB 11 65 as amended passed 8–3. - HB 11 66 (Public Safety): favorable; passed 9–2. - HB 11 67 (Regulatory Agencies): favorable; passed 10–1. - HB 11 68 (Revenue): favorable; passed 10–1. - HB 11 69 (Department of State): favorable; passed 9–2. - HB 11 70 (Transportation impacts in packet): favorable; passed unanimously. - HB 11 71 (Treasurer software/unclaimed property): favorable; passed unanimously. - HB 11 72 (Capital construction true‑ups): favorable; passed 10–1. - HB 11 73 (IT projects, CBMS reimagining): favorable; passed 10–1. - HB 11 74 (School finance mid‑year true‑up): favorable; passed 10–1. Sponsors said funded pupil count fell by about 4,100 students and the state's total program funding is $33.5M lower than projected; local property tax collections increased about $70M, yielding a $103.5M reduction in state share. - HB 11 75 (Change early‑literacy transfer to appropriation): favorable; passed 10–1. - HB 11 76 (Phase down early‑graduation pilot): favorable; passed unanimously. - HB 11 77 (End nursing provider wage enhancement payments due to $15+ minimum wage): favorable; passed unanimously. - HB 11 78 (Clarify interim emergency supplemental process): favorable; passed unanimously. - HB 11 79 (IT capital true‑up): favorable; passed 10–1.
What to watch: The school finance true‑up (HB 11 74) and the HCPCF supplemental (HB 11 55) are likely to draw continued attention on the floor given their fiscal scale and distributional effects. Many other bills were technical trues‑ups intended to align earlier appropriations with actual expenditures or grant timing.
The committee adjourned after handling roughly 30 bills in under two hours.
