republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/hb-24-1001.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reauthorization of Rural Jump-Start Program"
description: "The act continues the rural jump-start zone grant program (grant program) until July 1, 2025, and the grant money in the rural jump-start grant fund account reverts to the general fund on June 30, 2025. The act changes the total allowable administrative cost of the grant program from $100,000 per fiscal year to $300,000 total for the sum of all fiscal years that the grant program is in effect. The new business income tax credit and the new hire income tax credit, which are benefits under the grant program, are extended for 5 years and are available for income tax years commencing before January 1, 2031."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1001"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1001 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleave Simpson", "Dylan Roberts", "Meghan Lukens", "Rick Taggart"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94ca3d04-259f-4d8a-8c45-d05928ee2a75"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1001"
source_hash: "30ad60ec72a6df600f8a885bac68b4e54e34019f361d9cd6bcf59603b2fe4d27"
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 HB 24-1001 (2024A) — Reauthorization of Rural Jump-Start Program

The act continues the rural jump-start zone grant program (grant program) until July 1, 2025, and the grant money in the rural jump-start grant fund account reverts to the general fund on June 30, 2025. The act changes the total allowable administrative cost of the grant program from $100,000 per fiscal year to $300,000 total for the sum of all fiscal years that the grant program is in effect. The new business income tax credit and the new hire income tax credit, which are benefits under the grant program, are extended for 5 years and are available for income tax years commencing before January 1, 2031.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_hb1001_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1001_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1001_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1001_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1001_h_bus_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1001_h_bus_app_02.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1001_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1001_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1001_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1001_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **59–5** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Meghan Lukens — primary (person)
- Rick Taggart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94ca3d04-259f-4d8a-8c45-d05928ee2a75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).