---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transfer From Severance Tax Operations Cash Fund"
description: "On July 1, 2023, the state treasurer is required to transfer $10 million from the severance tax operational fund to the capital construction fund. The money is to be used by state-supported institutions of higher education in energy impacted counties for energy-related programs or projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-250"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-250 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Kyle Mullica", "Marc Catlin", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5d10037-beb7-4cb2-96b6-9481a96bcf75"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-250"
source_hash: "08dd55610fcc6f15f70a1483458fee2d051422ed81e919afd1ba0a69f30eb4d7"
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 23-250 (2023A) — Transfer From Severance Tax Operations Cash Fund

On July 1, 2023, the state treasurer is required to transfer $10 million from the severance tax operational fund to the capital construction fund. The money is to be used by state-supported institutions of higher education in energy impacted counties for energy-related programs or projects.

## 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/2023a_sb250_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/31/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_250_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_250_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_250_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/31/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_250_s_app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_250_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_250_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_250_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_250_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **61–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)
- Marc Catlin — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-27T06:00:00+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/f5d10037-beb7-4cb2-96b6-9481a96bcf75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).