# Colorado SB25-312: American Rescue Plan Act Funds Colorado SB25-312, American Rescue Plan Act Funds, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Barbara Kirkmeyer (Republican), Emily Sirota (Democratic), Judy Amabile (Democratic) and 1 others; status signed, last action 2025-05-30 (Governor Signed) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-312-2025A - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Colorado SB25-312 - State: Colorado - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: American Rescue Plan Act Funds - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-04-24 - Last action: 2025-05-30, Governor Signed - Sponsors: Barbara Kirkmeyer (Republican), Emily Sirota (Democratic), Judy Amabile (Democratic), Shannon Bird - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: State Government, State Revenue & Budget - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (103 yes, 14 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 28 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Recovery grants for small food businesses: benefit, medium. The law provides $7 million for small food business recovery and resilience grants and outreach for fiscal year 2022–23. Colorado’s Department of Agriculture administers the funding. Unspent money stays available for the same purpose from July 1, 2023, through December 31, 2026. This provision does… - Infrastructure grants for small community nonprofits: benefit, low. Colorado provides $35 million for small community-based nonprofit infrastructure grants for fiscal year 2022-23. The Department of Local Affairs administers the funding. Money unspent before July 1, 2023, stays available for the same purpose through December 31, 2026. The law does not establish hou… - Funding for behavioral health workforce grants: benefit, low. Colorado provides two appropriations, about $5 million and $2 million, for behavioral health professional matching grants in fiscal year 2022-23. The Department of Education administers the funding. Money unspent before July 1, 2023, stays available for the same purpose through December 31, 2026. F… - Funding for children’s mental and school health: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2022-23, Colorado provides $4.6 million for pediatric psychiatry consultation and access, including $269,681 in federal recovery money. It also provides $2 million for children’s mental health and $1.5 million for school-based health centers. Pediatric psychiatry money unspent befor… - Funding for Colorado’s behavioral health office: benefit, low. The law provides about $13.75 million for Colorado’s Office of Behavioral Health for fiscal year 2022-23. Money unspent before July 1, 2023, remains available for the same purpose through December 31, 2025. Federal recovery money must follow state rules for committing and spending those funds. This… - Funding for community food access: benefit, low. Colorado provides $1 million for the Department of Agriculture’s community food access program for fiscal year 2022-23. Unspent money remains available for the same purpose from July 1, 2023, through December 31, 2026. The law does not set household payments or individual eligibility rules. - Funding for mental health in prisons: benefit, low. Colorado provides $3 million for Department of Corrections mental health operating expenses for fiscal year 2022-23. Money unspent before July 1, 2023, stays available for the same purpose through December 30, 2024. This supports correctional mental health operations rather than direct household pa… - Funding for overdose prevention and harm reduction: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2022-23, Colorado provides $19.7 million for bulk purchases of overdose-reversal medication. The law also provides $6 million for the harm reduction grant fund. These appropriations support program purchases and grants, not guaranteed payments or medication amounts for each person. - Housing funding for Ridge View campus: benefit, low. The law provides about $45 million to Colorado’s Division of Housing for Ridge View campus for fiscal year 2022–23. Money left unspent before July 1, 2023, stays available for the same purpose through December 31, 2026. This provision does not set household eligibility rules or direct payments. - Unused recovery money gets another eligible use: benefit, low. Through December 31, 2026, a governor-designated department can spend qualifying returned recovery money on another eligible use without another appropriation. The money must have been committed by December 31, 2024, and remain unspent on an eligible activity. It must return after a qualifying even… - Grants support affordable housing development: benefit, low. Colorado provides $39.3 million for affordable housing development incentive grants for fiscal year 2021-22. The Department of Local Affairs administers the funding for qualifying housing development incentives. The law does not establish direct payments or guaranteed housing savings for renters or… - Educator stipends and loan relief change funding: benefit, low. The law replaces fixed appropriations for three educator support programs with money from the Economic Recovery and Relief Cash Fund. For fiscal year 2022-23, the prior amounts were $39 million for student educator stipends and $3 million for test stipends. Temporary educator loan forgiveness previ… - Workforce programs keep unspent funding available: benefit, low. The law replaces a fixed $25 million fiscal year 2021-22 appropriation for workers, employers, and workforce centers. Replacement money comes from the Workers, Employers, and Workforce Centers Cash Fund and is allocated to the state council. Money not committed or spent at that fiscal year’s end re… - Health worker recruitment funding is repealed: cost, low. The law repeals a $6.12 million appropriation for health-care worker recruitment, re-engagement, and staffing for fiscal year 2022–23. That funding came from the Economic Recovery and Relief Cash Fund. The repeal ends this funding provision, not a direct payment benefit for workers. - Less funding for state vaccination operations: cost, low. Colorado cuts fiscal year 2022-23 immunization operating funds from $6.12 million to $580,000. This reduces agency funding by $5.54 million. The law does not specify changes to household vaccination charges, access, or eligibility. - Less funding for substance use workforce grants: cost, low. The law cuts substance use workforce stability grant funding from $15 million to about $13.05 million for fiscal year 2022-23. That is a reduction of about $1.95 million. Money unspent before July 1, 2023, stays available for the same purpose through December 31, 2026. The law does not set individu… - Less health funding for justice-involved people: cost, low. Colorado cuts funding for health needs of people in the criminal justice system by $1 million for fiscal year 2022-23. The appropriation falls from about $49.75 million to $48.75 million. Money unspent before July 1, 2023, remains available to Human Services for the same purpose through December 31… - Lower behavioral health grants and minimums: cost, low. The law cuts fiscal year 2022-23 behavioral health-care continuum gap grants from $75 million to about $73.81 million. Money unspent before July 1, 2023, stays available for that purpose through December 31, 2026. Separately, required community investment grant awards fall from $35 million to at le… - Less funding for Colorado scholarship initiative: cost, low. The law cuts fiscal year 2021–22 funding for the Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative Fund. Funding falls from $39 million to $37.966939 million. This provision does not set individual scholarship amounts or an eligibility formula. - Less funding for educator financial help: cost, low. For fiscal year 2022–23, the law cuts student educator stipend funding from $39 million to $35.61339 million. It cuts educator test stipend funding from $3 million to $2.21855 million. Temporary educator loan forgiveness funding falls from $10 million to $9.417204 million. These are program budget… - Prison payroll shifts to recovery funding: mixed, medium. For fiscal year 2024-25, Colorado provides about $323.86 million in recovery funding to the Department of Corrections. Its General Fund appropriation falls by the same amount, rather than increasing its total budget. General Fund payroll reductions track recovery money spent in each budget line. Ce… - Human Services funding swap is repealed: mixed, low. The law repeals about $63.18 million in fiscal year 2024-25 recovery funding for the Department of Human Services. It also repeals the matching reduction to the department’s General Fund appropriation. This reverses a funding-source swap, not a stated $63.18 million net service cut. The text does n… - Recovery balances move to general budget: mixed, low. On June 30, 2025, the law requires Colorado’s Treasurer to move specified balances to the General Fund. These include about $12.46 million from revenue loss restoration and $13.81 million from economic recovery and relief. Another $6.88 million comes from the refinance discretionary account. These… - Recovery funds gain money but transfer more: mixed, low. On June 30, 2025, the Revenue Loss Restoration Cash Fund receives about $10.68 million in federal recovery money. The Economic Recovery and Relief Cash Fund receives about $5.7 million. On the same date, they send about $12.46 million and $13.81 million, respectively, in non-recovery money to the G… - Recovery money replaces state program balances: mixed, low. On June 30, 2025, federal recovery money enters three state funds while matching non-recovery balances move to the General Fund. The State Highway Fund receives about $10.97 million and sends the same amount out. The Colorado Heritage Communities Fund exchanges about $3.17 million, and Healthy Fore… - Mental health funds exchange funding sources: mixed, low. On June 30, 2025, the law directs about $2.21 million in federal recovery money into the Behavioral and Mental Health Cash Fund. On the same date, about $7.26 million in non-recovery money moves from that fund to the General Fund. The two transfers change both the fund’s balance and its funding sou… - Substance use workforce grant funding changes: mixed, low. The law replaces a fixed $15 million appropriation for substance use workforce stability grants with Behavioral and Mental Health Cash Fund money. The replacement amount is not stated. Funding remains directed to the grant program, but this provision no longer specifies a $15 million amount. It doe… - Housing and homelessness funds exchange money: mixed, low. On June 30, 2025, federal recovery money replaces specified non-recovery balances in three housing and homelessness-related funds. Local Investments in Transformational Affordable Housing receives about $17.52 million, while the homelessness services, recovery care, and housing supports fund receiv… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Barbara Kirkmeyer (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Emily Sirota (Democratic), House - Sponsor: Judy Amabile (Democratic), Senate - Sponsor: Shannon Bird - Cosponsor: Julie McCluskie (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Monica Duran (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-02 | House | Third reading: Bill | pass | 53 | 11 | | | 2025-05-01 | House | Refer Senate Bill 25-312 to the Committee of the Whole. | pass | 9 | 2 | | | 2025-04-30 | Senate | Third reading: Bill | pass | 34 | 1 | | | 2025-04-29 | Senate | Refer Senate Bill 25-312 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. | pass | 7 | 0 | | ## Actions (12) - 2025-05-30: Governor Signed (House) - 2025-05-13: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2025-05-13: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-05-13: Signed by the Speaker of the House (House) - 2025-05-02: House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (House) - 2025-05-01: House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole (House) - 2025-05-01: House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments (House) - 2025-04-30: Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-30: Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations (House) - 2025-04-29: Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/83286/download) - Final Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/83273/download) - Introduced: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/83290/download) - Reengrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/83282/download) - Rerevised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/83276/download) - Revised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/83279/download) - Signed Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/40737/download) ## Related bills - SB25-279: Colorado Code of Military Justice Updates (signed) - HB25-1234: Utility Consumer Protection (signed) - HB25-1307: Updating Technical References in Education Law (signed) - SB25-163: Battery Stewardship Programs (signed) - SB25-261: Property Tax Deferral Program Administration (signed) - SB25-167: Invest State Funds to Benefit Communities (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/83286/download) - [Final Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/83273/download) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/83290/download) - [Reengrossed (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/83282/download) - [Rerevised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/83276/download) - [Revised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/83279/download) - [Signed Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/40737/download) ## Related - [SB25-279: Colorado Code of Military Justice Updates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-279-2025A) - [HB25-1234: Utility Consumer Protection](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB25-1234-2025A) - [HB25-1307: Updating Technical References in Education Law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB25-1307-2025A) - [SB25-163: Battery Stewardship Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-163-2025A) - [SB25-261: Property Tax Deferral Program Administration](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-261-2025A) - [SB25-167: Invest State Funds to Benefit Communities](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-167-2025A) - [Colorado bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/colorado/bills) - [Colorado state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/colorado) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-312-2025A (as of 2026-10-19).