---
type: "Bill"
title: "Temporarily Reduce General Fund Reserve"
description: "Under current law, the general fund reserve requirement is equal to 15% of the amount appropriated for expenditure from the general fund for that fiscal year minus:The difference between $100,000,000 and the proceeds of the sale of insurance premium and corporate tax credits that are credited to the health insurance affordability cash fund; andUnless money held in an escrow account in connection with the university of northern Colorado's college of osteopathic medicine is released, an additional $41,250,000. The act lowers the reserve requirement to 13% for state fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 and then raises it back to 15% for state fiscal years 2027-28 and later.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1363"
citation: "Colorado HB 1363 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Revenue & Budget"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Kirkmeyer", "E. Sirota", "J. Amabile", "J. Bridges", "K. Brown", "R. Taggart"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-04-02"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87b1ca13-d6eb-41d8-924a-47ce510bba36"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1363"
source_hash: "34b722da5f23d8d11466508567450d3aa270a0cf3ba74f5d3aef2f5f7f590b93"
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 HB 1363 (2026A) — Temporarily Reduce General Fund Reserve

Under current law, the general fund reserve requirement is equal to 15% of the amount appropriated for expenditure from the general fund for that fiscal year minus:The difference between $100,000,000 and the proceeds of the sale of insurance premium and corporate tax credits that are credited to the health insurance affordability cash fund; andUnless money held in an escrow account in connection with the university of northern Colorado's college of osteopathic medicine is released, an additional $41,250,000. The act lowers the reserve requirement to 13% for state fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 and then raises it back to 15% for state fiscal years 2027-28 and later.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114010/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114322/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116934/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114402/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114769/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114695/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/117150/download)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 26-1363 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- NOT CNCR — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · upper
- DISSOLVE CONF COM — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1363 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- E. Sirota — primary (person)
- J. Amabile — primary (person)
- J. Bridges — primary (person)
- K. Brown — primary (person)
- R. Taggart — primary (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-04** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-03** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-06-03** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-05-13** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2026-05-12** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Recede - CCR not produced
- **2026-04-17** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2026-04-16** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-15** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2026-04-14** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-13** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2026-04-11** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-10** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-09** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-04-08** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-07** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Introduced In House - 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/87b1ca13-d6eb-41d8-924a-47ce510bba36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).