ColoradoExpenditures in Excess of Appropriations
What it does
Under current law, the controller may allow any state department, institution, or agency of the state, including any institution of higher education, to make an expenditure in excess of the amount authorized by an item of appropriation for the fiscal year if certain conditions are satisfied. One of those conditions is that the overexpenditure is necessary due to unforeseen circumstances arising while the general assembly is not meeting in a regular or special session. The act modifies that condition to also allow an overexpenditure when it is necessary due to a lapse in a federal appropriation that the joint budget committee determines is reasonably likely to occur while the general assembly is not meeting in regular or special session during which such overexpenditure can be legislatively addressed.
More detail
The act also makes a conforming amendment to the process by which the general assembly can remove the spending restriction that the controller attaches to an overexpenditure. If a supplemental appropriation is enacted for the overexpenditure or a portion of it:The controller's spending restriction is released in full; andThe department, institution, or agency of the state's overexpenditure authority ends.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Mar 26Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- Mar 17Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- Mar 17Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- Mar 16Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- Feb 20Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Feb 18Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1178 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 17Introduced In Senate - Assigned to AppropriationsMinor
- Feb 12House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 11House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Feb 10House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1178 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 6Introduced In House - Assigned to AppropriationsIntroduced