republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-289.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revenue Loss Restoration Cash Fund"
description: "The act creates the revenue loss restoration cash fund (fund). The state treasurer is required to transfer $1 billion from the \"American Rescue Plan Act of 2021\" cash fund to the fund. This amount is a portion of the money that the state receives from the federal coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund that represents the state's revenue loss as calculated under United States department of treasury guidelines.The general assembly may appropriate or transfer money from the fund to a department for the provision of government services, including kindergarten through twelfth grade public education, housing, state employees, asset maintenance, seniors, criminal justice, state parks, agriculture, and transportation infrastructure. On and after January 1, 2022, the general assembly may only appropriate money from the fund through the annual general appropriation act or a supplemental appropriation act. The money in the fund is allocated to be used over the next 3 fiscal years.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-289"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-289 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Dominick Moreno", "Leslie Herod", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afc370d1-97e8-4b7d-888e-a1eadccd72fe"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-289"
source_hash: "df01a591f2956812b5fcc920d445862612514b5003a54cb817649822d6fae535"
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 21-289 (2021A) — Revenue Loss Restoration Cash Fund

The act creates the revenue loss restoration cash fund (fund). The state treasurer is required to transfer $1 billion from the "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021" cash fund to the fund. This amount is a portion of the money that the state receives from the federal coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund that represents the state's revenue loss as calculated under United States department of treasury guidelines.The general assembly may appropriate or transfer money from the fund to a department for the provision of government services, including kindergarten through twelfth grade public education, housing, state employees, asset maintenance, seniors, criminal justice, state parks, agriculture, and transportation infrastructure. On and after January 1, 2022, the general assembly may only appropriate money from the fund through the annual general appropriation act or a supplemental appropriation act. The money in the fund is allocated to be used over the next 3 fiscal years.(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_sb289_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_289_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_289_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_289_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_289sapp_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_289_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (06/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_289_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_289_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_289_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PERM — **46–18** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **45–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **41–23** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-24T06:00:00+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
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+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/afc370d1-97e8-4b7d-888e-a1eadccd72fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).