---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repay Cash Funds For 2020 Transfers"
description: "In 2020, the general assembly enacted legislation to require the state treasurer to transfer money from the small communities water and wastewater grant fund and off-highway vehicle recreation fund to the general fund to offset the general fund revenue reduction related to the COVID-19 public health emergency.The act requires the state treasurer to repay those cash funds by transferring the following amounts from the general fund:$5 million to the small communities water and wastewater grant fund; and"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-225"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-225 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Kim Ransom"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/459e2cb2-09b2-4879-b3b8-5b45a06384de"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-225"
source_hash: "f8956846b9aea58bb77cbb4ed7123bf93430910ed8c35379eedf693799b8f0af"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado SB 21-225 (2021A) — Repay Cash Funds For 2020 Transfers

In 2020, the general assembly enacted legislation to require the state treasurer to transfer money from the small communities water and wastewater grant fund and off-highway vehicle recreation fund to the general fund to offset the general fund revenue reduction related to the COVID-19 public health emergency.The act requires the state treasurer to repay those cash funds by transferring the following amounts from the general fund:$5 million to the small communities water and wastewater grant fund; and

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_sb225_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_225_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/20/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_225_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_225_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/09/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_225_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_225_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_225_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_225_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **23–40** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **23–40** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **23–40** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
- Kim Ransom — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/459e2cb2-09b2-4879-b3b8-5b45a06384de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).