---
type: "Bill"
title: "Division Criminal Justice Spending Authority Community Corrections"
description: "The act changes the spending authority of the division of criminal justice (division) in the department of public safety in relation to community corrections programs by:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "SB 25-291"
citation: "Colorado SB 25-291 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Emily Sirota", "Judy Amabile", "Rick Taggart"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a93b37fd-b0cb-4116-9075-33ad06b3b291"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-291"
source_hash: "be63b19d61d7469661f226180244f3a65e7c58537e0e7415c14b379753476e5c"
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 25-291 (2025A) — Division Criminal Justice Spending Authority Community Corrections

The act changes the spending authority of the division of criminal justice (division) in the department of public safety in relation to community corrections programs by:

## 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_sb291_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/22/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_291_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/08/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_291_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/15/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_291_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/23/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_291_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_291_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/29/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_291_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (06/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_291_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **46–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **27–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Emily Sirota — primary (person)
- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
- Rick Taggart — primary (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2025-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+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/a93b37fd-b0cb-4116-9075-33ad06b3b291`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).