ColoradoColorado requires yearly approval to spend motorcycle training money
Colorado lawmakers must approve motorcycle safety training fund spending each year, and the law sets aside $1,110,000 from that fund for the program in 2026–27.
What it does
Colorado’s motorcycle safety training program can spend money from its fund only with lawmakers’ annual approval. Unspent money stays in the fund.
For the 2026–27 state budget year, the law sets aside $1,110,000 from the motorcycle safety training fund for the Colorado State Patrol to support the program.
Argument forYearly spending approval could give lawmakers a regular chance to review how motorcycle safety training money is used.
Argument againstYearly spending approval could make training program planning less predictable, even when its fund has money available.
More detail
The office running the motorcycle safety training program needs lawmakers’ annual approval to spend money from the program’s fund. The requirement covers spending from the fund to run and administer Colorado’s motorcycle safety training program. Money left at the end of a fiscal year stays in the fund and is not transferred to another fund. The law took effect July 1, 2026.
The law sets aside $1,110,000 for the Department of Public Safety, for use by the Colorado State Patrol. The funding supports motorcycle safety training through the Colorado State Patrol. The money comes from the motorcycle operator safety training fund. The money may be used for the motorcycle safety training program; the law does not require every dollar to be spent. The funding applies to the 2026–27 state fiscal year.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- May 28Governor 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
- Apr 16Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 15Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 14Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1394 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 13Introduced In Senate - Assigned to AppropriationsMinor
- Apr 11House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 10House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Apr 9House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 8House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Apr 6House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1394 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 2Introduced In House - Assigned to AppropriationsIntroduced
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