---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revert Appropriated General Fund Money From Colorado Department of Labor & Employment"
description: "In state fiscal year 2023-24, the general assembly appropriated $1,400,000 from the general fund to the department of labor and employment to be used for the construction registered apprenticeship grant program. The act reverts $222,701 of that appropriation back to the general fund on or before June 30, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "SB 25-243"
citation: "Colorado SB 25-243 (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/7f70c660-8a0a-49e1-bbc6-7fe440cf0e94"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-243"
source_hash: "184e21046d0782a1dfeb2739af7a56f91390181e2272377eddb49e51e00b4d48"
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 25-243 (2025A) — Revert Appropriated General Fund Money From Colorado Department of Labor & Employment

In state fiscal year 2023-24, the general assembly appropriated $1,400,000 from the general fund to the department of labor and employment to be used for the construction registered apprenticeship grant program. The act reverts $222,701 of that appropriation back to the general fund on or before June 30, 2025.

## 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_sb243_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_243_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/16/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_243_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/31/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_243_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_243_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/10/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_243_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/09/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_243_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_243_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Emily Sirota — primary (person)
- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lundeen — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- R. Taggart — 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 - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **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/7f70c660-8a0a-49e1-bbc6-7fe440cf0e94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).