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type: "Bill"
title: "Funds for Support of Digital Trunked Radio System"
description: "On July 1, 2025, and on July 1 of each year thereafter through July 1, 2034, the act requires the state treasurer to transfer $15 million from the local government severance tax fund to the public safety communications trust fund (trust fund). The money in the trust fund must be used to support the digital trunked radio system, including site-supporting infrastructure and supporting software and hardware."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "SB 25-256"
citation: "Colorado SB 25-256 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Emily Sirota", "Judy Amabile", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca0228a2-aec7-43a2-9abc-57cc484c4bdf"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-256"
source_hash: "040fae3731d719a7bfecdbf43b7bbcb39e5a6ed3a1982f19d47f031a88b1e6e5"
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 25-256 (2025A) — Funds for Support of Digital Trunked Radio System
On July 1, 2025, and on July 1 of each year thereafter through July 1, 2034, the act requires the state treasurer to transfer $15 million from the local government severance tax fund to the public safety communications trust fund (trust fund). The money in the trust fund must be used to support the digital trunked radio system, including site-supporting infrastructure and supporting software and hardware.
## 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_sb256_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_256_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/16/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_256_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/31/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_256_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_256_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/10/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_256_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/09/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_256_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/24/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_256_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- BILL — **4322** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **1944** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **300** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Emily Sirota — primary (person)
- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Taggart — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T06:00:00+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/ca0228a2-aec7-43a2-9abc-57cc484c4bdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).