ColoradoCoal Transition Grants
What it does
The act requires the office of just transition (office) in the department of labor and employment to prioritize awarding funding to support tier one and tier 2 coal transition communities experiencing socioeconomic impacts of coal closures and for opportunities for economic diversification, local community input, feasibility studies of specific proposed projects, and needs assessments. The office is required to use money appropriated to the just transition cash fund after July 1, 2025, to support programs that support targeted investment in coal transition communities by collaborating with coal transition communities and eligible entities, state and regionally recognized governmental and economic development entities, employee organizations that represent coal transition workers, and workers who are not affiliated with employee organizations to implement the most effective projects and programs for those communities.
More detail
The act requires the office to annually report to the joint budget committee and at the annual "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act" hearings of the senate local government and housing committee and the house transportation, housing, and local government committee about the grants awarded by the office during the preceding state fiscal year, their recipients, and the purpose for which they were awarded.
A public entity may invest public funds only as allowed by law. The act specifies that the investment of a payment or settlement to offset the socioeconomic impacts to a community or government from the closure of a coal mine or coal power generating station is not subject to these investment limitations.
The act allows the executive director of the department of local affairs to establish a policy preference for awarding up to 70% of the money credited to the local government severance tax fund to just transition communities for a 3-year period beginning January 1, 2026.
The act extends the deadline for the submittal by the director of the Colorado energy office of the findings and conclusions of assessments of advanced energy solutions in the northwestern and west end of Montrose county and in southeastern Colorado from July 1, 2025 to December 19, 2025, and makes the requirement that the findings and conclusion be submitted contingent on the director having sufficient federal money to support the submittal. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Jun 3Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- May 13Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- May 13Signed by the President of the Senate
- May 13Signed by the Speaker of the House
- May 7House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- Vote recorded ADOPT CCR. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded ADOPT. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded REPASS. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded REPASS. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded REPASS. Result: pass.Lower
- May 7Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- May 6First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
- May 5Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- Vote recorded NOT CONCUR APPT CC. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded BYD SCP. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 30House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 29House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- Apr 17House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Apr 16House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Feb 20Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 20Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & LaborMinor
- Feb 19Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, FloorMinor
- Feb 14Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Feb 4Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to AppropriationsMinor
- Jan 8Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & TechnologyIntroduced