ColoradoFire division may use gifts to support firefighter behavioral health benefits
Once effective, Colorado’s fire prevention division may seek and spend public or private donations to carry out firefighter behavioral health benefit program requirements.
What it does
The Division of Fire Prevention and Control may seek, accept, and spend public or private gifts, grants, or donations to carry out firefighter behavioral health benefit program requirements.
Argument forPublic or private donations could give the division another way to pay for work required by the firefighter behavioral health benefits program.
Argument againstBecause the division may rely on voluntary donations, it might not receive enough outside support to carry out the program’s requirements.
More detail
The law allows the Division of Fire Prevention and Control to seek, accept, and spend gifts, grants, or donations. This permission applies to the Division of Fire Prevention and Control and the requirements in this section. The gifts, grants, or donations may come from public or private sources and must support this section’s requirements. The law takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on August 12, 2026, if the General Assembly adjourns on May 13, 2026. If a referendum petition is filed within the 90-day period, the law takes effect only if voters approve it in November 2026, on the governor’s official declaration of the vote.
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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 1Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- May 26Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- May 26Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- May 26Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- May 13Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- May 12Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- May 11Introduced In Senate - Assigned to AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1433 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Upper
- May 11Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- May 9House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- May 8House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- May 7House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1433 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- May 7House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- May 5Introduced In House - Assigned to AppropriationsIntroduced
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