republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-283.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cash Fund Solvency"
description: "The act creates the cash fund solvency fund from which the state controller may transfer money to another cash fund for which it is anticipated that there will be a cash deficit. Thereafter, the state controller is required to transfer the same amount of money from the cash fund back to the cash fund solvency fund in one or more installments, which may be over multiple fiscal years. The state controller is required to annually report to the joint budget committee and the office of state planning and budgeting about any transfers made.The act also requires the state treasurer to transfer to the marijuana cash fund $1,805,317 from the marijuana tax cash fund and $1,200,000 from the general fund.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-283"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-283 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominick Moreno", "Julie McCluskie"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea79fbdf-7439-410d-b497-1da114f80775"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-283"
source_hash: "5481aa3203d8fa851ffbffac9d88e7f356340ea5166adc83d0dfc35e63a697d4"
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 21-283 (2021A) — Cash Fund Solvency

The act creates the cash fund solvency fund from which the state controller may transfer money to another cash fund for which it is anticipated that there will be a cash deficit. Thereafter, the state controller is required to transfer the same amount of money from the cash fund back to the cash fund solvency fund in one or more installments, which may be over multiple fiscal years. The state controller is required to annually report to the joint budget committee and the office of state planning and budgeting about any transfers made.The act also requires the state treasurer to transfer to the marijuana cash fund $1,805,317 from the marijuana tax cash fund and $1,200,000 from the general fund.(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. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_sb283_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_283_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_283_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (05/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_283_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_283sapp_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (05/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_283_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_283_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_283_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_283_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **40–23** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **25–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+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/ea79fbdf-7439-410d-b497-1da114f80775`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).