republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020b/sb-20b-003.md

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Bill	Money For Energy Utility Bill Payment Assistance	The bill directs the state treasurer to transfer, on the effective date of the bill, $5 million from the general fund to the energy outreach Colorado low-income energy assistance fund (fund). The Colorado energy office administers the fund for use by Energy Outreach Colorado, which organization provides direct utility bill payment assistance to low-income households. Energy Outreach Colorado must expend the money before June 30, 2021. On or before July 15, 2021, Energy Outreach Colorado is required to report to the Colorado energy office regarding the amount of the transferred money that was disbursed for direct bill payment assistance and the amount returned to the state. The Colorado energy office may audit Energy Outreach Colorado's financial transactions and accounts regarding the money received.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2020B	SB 20B-003	Colorado SB 20B-003 (2020B)	bill		enacted	Larry Crowder Lois Landgraf Monica Duran Rhonda Fields	9	14	6	2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00	2020-12-07T07:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c56b9676-14e3-4cff-a21e-35114ae358ea	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20b-003	3cc659845737aabbbe821c1898497b02f5bc1b8be05b4397ff0de276626d6862	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 20B-003 (2020B) — Money For Energy Utility Bill Payment Assistance

The bill directs the state treasurer to transfer, on the effective date of the bill, $5 million from the general fund to the energy outreach Colorado low-income energy assistance fund (fund). The Colorado energy office administers the fund for use by Energy Outreach Colorado, which organization provides direct utility bill payment assistance to low-income households. Energy Outreach Colorado must expend the money before June 30, 2021. On or before July 15, 2021, Energy Outreach Colorado is required to report to the Colorado energy office regarding the amount of the transferred money that was disbursed for direct bill payment assistance and the amount returned to the state. The Colorado energy office may audit Energy Outreach Colorado's financial transactions and accounts regarding the money received.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (11/30/2020) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (12/03/2020) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (11/30/2020) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (11/30/2020) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (12/01/2020) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (12/02/2020) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (12/01/2020) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (12/07/2020) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• REPASS — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• PERM — 64–0 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 59–5 (pass) · lower
• AMD — 64–0 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Larry Crowder — primary (person)
• Lois Landgraf — primary (person)
• Monica Duran — primary (person)
• Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-07T07:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2020-12-04T07:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-12-04T07:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-12-02T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2020-12-02T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-3, passage
• 2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-2
• 2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs + Appropriations introduction
• 2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c56b9676-14e3-4cff-a21e-35114ae358ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).