republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020b/sb-20b-004.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transfer To Make Money Availalbe For COVID-19 Emergency"
description: "The controlled maintenance trust fund is designated as part of the state emergency reserve under TABOR, and the governor has twice ordered money from the trust fund to be transferred to the disaster emergency fund to be used for response activities related to COVID-19. The bill requires the state treasurer to transfer $100 million from the general fund to the controlled maintenance trust fund. For this fiscal year, this money will be available to the governor to transfer to the disaster emergency fund for public health and emergency response expenses associated with the COVID-19 pandemic emergency.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020B"
identifier: "SB 20B-004"
citation: "Colorado SB 20B-004 (2020B)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominick Moreno", "Julie McCluskie"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-12-03T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab118429-2b72-4fd0-8c12-45089848d73a"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20b-004"
source_hash: "52086ed82a826e4fad6fbf7a033e2412a9f2edca350005b686d817a630babad6"
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 20B-004 (2020B) — Transfer To Make Money Availalbe For COVID-19 Emergency

The controlled maintenance trust fund is designated as part of the state emergency reserve under TABOR, and the governor has twice ordered money from the trust fund to be transferred to the disaster emergency fund to be used for response activities related to COVID-19. The bill requires the state treasurer to transfer $100 million from the general fund to the controlled maintenance trust fund. For this fiscal year, this money will be available to the governor to transfer to the disaster emergency fund for public health and emergency response expenses associated with the COVID-19 pandemic emergency.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020b_sb004_h_phc_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (11/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_004_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (12/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_004_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (11/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_004_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (11/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_004sfin_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (12/01/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_004_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (12/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_004_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (12/01/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_004_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (12/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020b_004_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **46–18** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **24–41** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **25–39** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-03T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-02T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-02T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-12-02T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-12-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `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 Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services + 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab118429-2b72-4fd0-8c12-45089848d73a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).