The act updates the funding mechanism for the division of unemployment insurance (division) by changing the name of the "employment and training technology fund" to the "unemployment insurance program support fund" and expanding the use of the fund to include the information technology and administrative costs of the division. Colorado law specifies how the division must disburse money collected from the employer support surcharge. The act modifies the disbursement of this surcharge to: 11% for the employment support fund (decreased from 35%); 54% for the unemployment insurance program support fund (increased from 32%); 20% for the workforce development fund (increased from 14%); and 15% for the benefit recovery fund (decreased from 19%). The act requires all money collected in each fund that is in excess of the maximum balance amounts authorized for the fund to be credited to the unemployment compensation fund. The act ties the adjustments of the fund caps to the change in average weekly earnings instead of to the consumer price index. The act also adjusts the cap for the unemployment insurance program support fund. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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The act creates the electronic discovery in criminal cases task force (task force), which consists of 11 task force members. The purpose of the task force is to study the costs and management of electronic discovery in criminal cases. On or before November 1, 2025, the act requires the task force to submit a report to the joint budget committee and the joint technology committee describing the work of the task force, findings and recommendations regarding the issues and topics considered by the task force, and legislative proposals and expected costs. The act repeals the task force, effective January 1, 2027. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Maddy summarySenate Bill 25-219 repeals the Colorado career advisor training program. This legislative action removes the existing statutory provisions that established and supported the training of career advisors in the state.
Existing law repeals the following provisions on June 30, 2026; the act changes the repeal date for those provisions to June 30, 2025: The requirement that the general assembly annually appropriate money to the state department of human services sufficient to fund 5 nights of care for each juvenile placed in a licensed temporary shelter; The process for a judicial district to receive a share of the money appropriated for temporary shelter placements and the permissible uses of the money; and The requirement that the health and human services committees of the house of representatives and the senate annually hold a joint meeting about the recommendations from the working group for criteria for placement of juvenile offenders (working group) regarding the placement of juveniles. The act repeals the requirement for the working group to create a formula for the allocation of money to judicial districts for the provision of temporary shelter for juveniles. The act decreases the state fiscal year 2025-26 appropriation to the department of human services for purchase of contract placements by $175,008 and for program administration related to community programs by $7,560. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act changes the following appropriations made for the 2024-25 state fiscal year: The appropriation from the general fund to the department of health care policy and financing for transfer to the department of early childhood (DEC) for early intervention is decreased by $2,000,000; The appropriation from the general fund to the DEC for early intervention is increased by $2,000,000; and Funds reappropriated to the DEC for early intervention are decreased by $4,000,000.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act repeals the sixth through twelfth grade mental health screening program (program) that was enacted in 2023 in the behavioral health administration (BHA). To implement the repeal, the act reduces appropriations made in the annual general appropriations act for the 2025-26 state fiscal year to the department of human services, which houses the BHA, as follows: The appropriation for health, life, and dental, is decreased by $37,260; The appropriation for short-term disability is decreased by $146; The appropriation for paid family medical leave insurance is decreased by $936; The appropriation for unfunded liability amortization equalization disbursement payments is decreased by $20,798; The appropriation for use by the BHA for program administration is decreased by $260,987 and the related FTE is decreased by 3.0 FTE; and The appropriation for use by the BHA for the program is decreased by $2,536,706.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Under current law, the 988 crisis hotline and the telephone crisis service that is part of the behavioral health crisis response system operate as 2 separate services. The act consolidates the telephone crisis service with the 988 crisis hotline and ensures that callers who call the telephone crisis service are routed to the 988 crisis hotline. The act decreases appropriations made in the long bill to the department of human services for use by the behavioral health administration as follows: The general fund appropriation for behavioral health crisis response system services is decreased by $200,000; and The appropriation for the behavioral health crisis response system telephone hotline is decreased by $3,863,938, which consists of $3,496, 622 from the general fund and $367,316 from the marijuana tax cash fund. For the state fiscal year, 2025-26, the act appropriates $3,863,938 from the 988 crisis hotline cash fund to the department of human services for use by the behavioral health administration to implement this act. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act repeals the accelerated college opportunity exam fee grant program (program). The program provided funds to high schools to pay for advanced placement and international baccalaureate exams. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Current law allows attorneys under contract with the office of the child's representative, the office of alternate defense counsel, and the office of the respondent parents' counsel to access the name index and register of actions of public case types. The act allows other professionals under contract with these offices to access that same information. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act requires 75% of the money collected from a bond forfeiture judgment against an individual to be deposited in the judicial collection enhancement fund. The act requires the money collected from a bail forfeiture judgment against an appearance bond written by a compensated surety to be deposited in the judicial collection enhancement fund. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)