Sen. Rachel Zenzinger

The act authorizes the general assembly to appropriate up to $10 million from the severance tax operational fund (operational fund) to the wildfire mitigation capacity development fund (wildfire fund) for state fiscal year 2022-23 and makes a corresponding appropriation. The act authorizes the general assembly to appropriate up to $5 million from the operational fund to the wildfire fund for state fiscal year 2023-24 and for each state fiscal year thereafter. Such appropriations may be made only if less than 100% of the money available in the operational fund is used for current core programs. APPROVED by Governor March 6, 2023 EFFECTIVE March 6, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The 2022 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amounts appropriated to the department of local affairs. The general fund, cash funds, reappropriated funds, and federal funds portions of the appropriation are increased. APPROVED by Governor March 3, 2023 EFFECTIVE March 3, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The 2022 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of health care policy and financing. The general fund, cash funds, and reappropriated funds of the appropriation are decreased and the federal funds are increased. A new appropriation to the department for overexpenditures of line item appropriations in the 2021 long bill is made. House Bill 22-1295, concerning department early childhood and universal preschool program, is amended to decrease the amount appropriated to the department for use by the executive director's office, transfers to/from other departments and it is subject to the (M) notation defined in the general appropriation act. The amount the department will receive in federal funds is increased. APPROVED by Governor March 3, 2023 EFFECTIVE March 3, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The general assembly recognizes that the actual funded pupil count was lower and the at-risk pupil count was higher than expected when the appropriation amount for the state share of total program funding was established during the 2022 legislative session, resulting in an overall increase in total program funding for the 2022-23 budget year. In addition, the local property tax revenue and specific ownership tax revenue are higher than anticipated, resulting in an increase in the local share of total program funding. The act declares the general assembly's intent to maintain the budget stabilization factor at the amount of the original appropriation for the 2022-23 budget year. The act decreases the appropriation for the state share of total program funding by $76,383,372 in cash funds from the state education fund and adjusts the 2022-23 state fiscal year long bill accordingly. APPROVED by Governor March 3, 2023 EFFECTIVE March 3, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The act extends the deadline from January 1, 2023, to October 1, 2023, for when the department of public health and environment (department) must contract with an independent entity to conduct a study concerning House Bill 22-1326. The act extends the authority for the department to use the appropriation received in the 2022-23 state fiscal year to pay for the independent study through the 2024-25 state fiscal year. APPROVED by Governor March 3, 2023 EFFECTIVE March 3, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $5 million from the general fund to the department of health care policy and financing to distribute to the Denver health and hospital authority. APPROVED by Governor March 3, 2023 EFFECTIVE March 3, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

With exceptions for the departments of law, state, and the treasury, an executive branch agency and, for a project that is state-funded only, a state-supported institution of higher education is required to submit a budget request for an information technology project to the joint technology committee (JTC) as part of the budget process. In addition, the joint budget committee (JBC) may ask the JTC to review any budget request for an information technology project that was not required to be submitted to the JTC and instead was submitted directly to the JBC. The act clarifies that a review by the JTC as requested by the JBC may include a request for an information technology project submitted to the JBC by the legislative or judicial department, the department of law, the department of state, or the department of the treasury. The act requires the JTC to oversee any such information technology project that receives an appropriation from the information technology account (account) within the capital construction fund. The act also clarifies that the general assembly may appropriate money in the account for information technology projects that are not subject to review by the JTC and instead are submitted directly to the JBC by the legislative or judicial department, the department of law, the department of state, or the department of the treasury. APPROVED by Governor March 3, 2023 EFFECTIVE March 3, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The 2022 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amounts appropriated to the department of public safety. The general fund, cash funds, and federal funds portions of the appropriation are increased and the reappropriated funds portion is decreased. APPROVED by Governor February 28, 2023 EFFECTIVE February 28, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The 2022 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amounts appropriated to the department of the treasury. The general fund and cash funds portions of the appropriation are increased. APPROVED by Governor February 28, 2023 EFFECTIVE February 28, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The 2022 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amounts appropriated to the department of military and veterans affairs. The general fund portion of the appropriation is increased. APPROVED by Governor February 28, 2023 EFFECTIVE February 28, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)