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type: "Bill"
title: "Population Growth Calculation"
description: "Section 20 of article X of the state constitution (TABOR) requires the maximum annual percentage change in state fiscal year spending to equal inflation plus the percentage change in state population in the prior calendar year adjusted for revenue changes approved by voters. Although TABOR does not specify how the state shall determine the percentage change in state population (population growth), the TABOR implementing statutes do. For years in which there is not a decennial census, the TABOR implementing statutes required the state to calculate population growth by determining the percentage change between:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "SB 25-180"
citation: "Colorado SB 25-180 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Emily Sirota", "Judy Amabile", "Rick Taggart"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-24T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad1a3e8b-eb91-4db8-9d66-c06882c4652e"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-180"
source_hash: "c775f0813dca896415e1cd318a47dfd08965a1e63323051d6d030c91fbf10ee4"
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 25-180 (2025A) — Population Growth Calculation
Section 20 of article X of the state constitution (TABOR) requires the maximum annual percentage change in state fiscal year spending to equal inflation plus the percentage change in state population in the prior calendar year adjusted for revenue changes approved by voters. Although TABOR does not specify how the state shall determine the percentage change in state population (population growth), the TABOR implementing statutes do. For years in which there is not a decennial census, the TABOR implementing statutes required the state to calculate population growth by determining the percentage change between:
## 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/2025a_sb180_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_180_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/28/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_180_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/24/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_180_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/04/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_180_rn4.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_180_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_180_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/31/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_180_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **51–13** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Emily Sirota — primary (person)
- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
- Rick Taggart — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- B. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2025-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2025-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2025-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-24T07:00:00+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/ad1a3e8b-eb91-4db8-9d66-c06882c4652e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).