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type: "Bill"
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title: "Revenue Classification Taxpayers Bill of Rights"
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description: "Section 20 of article X of the state constitution (TABOR) defines \"fiscal year spending\" as not including either \"damage awards\" or \"property sales\". Although TABOR does not define either \"damage award\" or \"property sale\", the TABOR implementing statutes do. The act clarifies both of these definitions for state fiscal years commencing on or after July 1, 2024."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2025A"
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identifier: "SB 25-173"
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citation: "Colorado SB 25-173 (2025A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lorena García", "Mike Weissman", "Yara Zokaie"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-02-20T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bb23ec7-bd8a-47b6-83ff-6dc4c02ff705"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-173"
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source_hash: "087d22ebd0cab7992c492fb2e35ba74f7d225dd8b5cf2e6afb49e1d42f6296f1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado SB 25-173 (2025A) — Revenue Classification Taxpayers Bill of Rights
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Section 20 of article X of the state constitution (TABOR) defines "fiscal year spending" as not including either "damage awards" or "property sales". Although TABOR does not define either "damage award" or "property sale", the TABOR implementing statutes do. The act clarifies both of these definitions for state fiscal years commencing on or after July 1, 2024.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_sb173_h_app_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/18/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_173_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_173_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (02/20/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_173_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (04/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_173_h_app_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (03/19/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_173_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (04/28/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_173_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (04/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_173_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (06/04/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_173_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **40–24** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **22–12** (pass) · upper
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- REPASS — **20–12** (pass) · upper
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- CONCUR — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lorena García — primary (person)
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- Mike Weissman — primary (person)
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- Yara Zokaie — primary (person)
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- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
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- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
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- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2025-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
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- **2025-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bb23ec7-bd8a-47b6-83ff-6dc4c02ff705`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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