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| Bill | Processes to Determine State Budget Requests | The act requires a state agency, defined as any department, commission, council, board, bureau, committee, institution of higher education, agency, or other governmental unit of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government that receives an appropriation or is otherwise included in the annual general appropriation act, to submit a base budget for the upcoming state fiscal year to the joint budget committee and the office of state planning and budgeting (office) on or before September 1 of each year, beginning in 2026. The act excludes specific independent agencies within the judicial department from this requirement. For these excluded agencies, the office of administrative services for independent agencies must submit a single, consolidated base budget on their behalf. A base budget is defined as the total amount appropriated in the annual general appropriation act and other legislation enacted in the prior state fiscal year plus:Out-year costs or savings from legislation adopted in prior years that were not included in the appropriations for the preceding state fiscal year; and Budget adjustments from prior years that were not included in the appropriations for the preceding state fiscal year.A state agency is required to submit its base budget using a format agreed upon by state agencies and the office, in coordination with joint budget committee staff. The act also requires the director of the office, in collaboration with the executive director of the department of personnel, to provide information related to the office's calculations for common policies, as annually submitted in the governor's November 1 budget request, to the departments, institutions, and agencies of the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of state government as soon as practicable prior to the submission of the November 1 budget request.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) | us/states/co | Colorado General Assembly | 2026A | HB 1408 | Colorado HB 1408 (2026A) |
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Colorado HB 1408 (2026A) — Processes to Determine State Budget Requests
The act requires a state agency, defined as any department, commission, council, board, bureau, committee, institution of higher education, agency, or other governmental unit of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government that receives an appropriation or is otherwise included in the annual general appropriation act, to submit a base budget for the upcoming state fiscal year to the joint budget committee and the office of state planning and budgeting (office) on or before September 1 of each year, beginning in 2026. The act excludes specific independent agencies within the judicial department from this requirement. For these excluded agencies, the office of administrative services for independent agencies must submit a single, consolidated base budget on their behalf. A base budget is defined as the total amount appropriated in the annual general appropriation act and other legislation enacted in the prior state fiscal year plus:Out-year costs or savings from legislation adopted in prior years that were not included in the appropriations for the preceding state fiscal year; and Budget adjustments from prior years that were not included in the appropriations for the preceding state fiscal year.A state agency is required to submit its base budget using a format agreed upon by state agencies and the office, in coordination with joint budget committee staff. The act also requires the director of the office, in collaboration with the executive director of the department of personnel, to provide information related to the office's calculations for common policies, as annually submitted in the governor's November 1 budget request, to the departments, institutions, and agencies of the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of state government as soon as practicable prior to the submission of the November 1 budget request.(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.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Final Act (committee substitute) — source
- Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
- Revised (committee substitute) — source
- Signed Act (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Refer House Bill 26-1408 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
- BILL — pass (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1408 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
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)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-06-01 Governor Signed
executive-signature - 2026-05-28 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-05-28 Signed by the President of the Senate
passage - 2026-05-28 Signed by the Speaker of the House
passage - 2026-04-16 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2026-04-15 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- 2026-04-14 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
committee-passage - 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
- 2026-04-06 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; origin ocd-bill/041f5b81-d968-4fbe-90c0-edaa7cd5f6f5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).