ColoradoDepartment details community corrections needs in budget requests
Colorado's Department of Public Safety gives lawmakers yearly estimates of community corrections needs and funding, then reports identified differences at hearings beginning in January 2027.
What it does
The department includes a community corrections budget request with estimates of next year's needs and a breakdown of expected funding, placements, and payment rates.
At its SMART Act hearing, the department reports any identified differences between where people are placed, available program space, and projected need.
Argument forLawmakers could compare projected need with program space and funding across districts, helping them spot differences during budget and agency reviews.
Argument againstPreparing detailed estimates of placements, payments, and funding by district could take staff time away from other department work.
More detail
The Department of Public Safety includes a community corrections budget request in its request to the Joint Budget Committee. The request covers community corrections programs and services, with projected needs and allocations by judicial district and placement type. Each request covers projected need in the next fiscal year.
The Department of Public Safety includes information about identified differences in its SMART Act hearing presentation. The information compares the distribution of people in community corrections, available program space, and projected need. This reporting begins in January 2027 and recurs every January thereafter.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 2Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- May 27Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- May 27Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- May 27Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- May 7Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- May 6Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1423 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- May 6Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- May 4House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- May 4Introduced In Senate - Assigned to AppropriationsMinor
- May 1House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1423 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- May 1House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 23Introduced In House - Assigned to AppropriationsIntroduced
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