---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal Appropriation Requirement"
description: "Previously, Colorado law required a bill that resulted in a net increase in periods of incarceration to include an appropriation to cover the increased cost of incarceration for 5 years after the bill went into effect. In 2022, the general assembly suspended the appropriation requirement for 3 years. The act repeals the appropriation requirement permanently."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "SB 25-210"
citation: "Colorado SB 25-210 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Emily Sirota", "Judy Amabile", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59a3c799-b62e-496d-8357-3fd37be14412"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-210"
source_hash: "7af3afa0c2c1228b8b0c81b6727d64d5ae8cae3966a10b6e3cf4de05f91a585b"
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 25-210 (2025A) — Repeal Appropriation Requirement

Previously, Colorado law required a bill that resulted in a net increase in periods of incarceration to include an appropriation to cover the increased cost of incarceration for 5 years after the bill went into effect. In 2022, the general assembly suspended the appropriation requirement for 3 years. The act repeals the appropriation requirement permanently.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_sb210_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_210_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/16/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_210_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/31/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_210_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_210_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/10/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_210_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/09/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_210_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_210_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Emily Sirota — primary (person)
- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- R. Taggart — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T06:00:00+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/59a3c799-b62e-496d-8357-3fd37be14412`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).