ColoradoColorado law ends job support program and transfers leftover funds
Colorado law ends a job support program on July 1, 2026, and sends its unspent, uncommitted fund money to the general fund.
What it does
The law repeals Colorado’s Employment Support and Job Retention Services Program on July 1, 2026.
On June 30, 2026, the state treasurer transfers money left unspent and uncommitted in the program’s cash fund to the general fund.
The law decreases the program’s general fund and reappropriated fund appropriations by $250,000 each for 2026–27, unless a listed budget exception applies.
Argument forSending unused program money to the general fund and reducing state funding could leave more money for other state needs.
Argument againstEnding the program could leave people who rely on its job support without those services.
More detail
The law repeals the Employment Support and Job Retention Services Program. This applies to Colorado’s Employment Support and Job Retention Services Program. The repeal takes effect July 1, 2026.
The state treasurer transfers the fund’s remaining money to the general fund. The transfer covers money in the Employment Support and Job Retention Services Program cash fund. Only money that is both unspent and not committed to an expense is transferred. The transfer is due June 30, 2026.
The law decreases two state appropriations for the program by $250,000 each. The adjustments concern 2026–27 state budget money for the program’s cash fund and the program itself. The reductions are not required if either appropriation is less than $250,000, or if the 2026–27 budget includes no appropriation for the cash fund or the program. This section takes effect only if the 2026–27 state budget becomes law; it then takes effect on the later of this act’s effective date or the budget’s effective date.
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- 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 28Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- May 28Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- May 28Sent 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 26-1383 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 26-1383 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 2Introduced In House - Assigned to AppropriationsIntroduced
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