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type: "Bill"
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title: "Eliminate Destroyed Property Tax Reimbursement Program"
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description: "Effective January 1, 2025, the act terminates a program that has allowed the owner of real or business personal property that was destroyed by a natural cause to be reimbursed by the state for the amount of property tax levied on the destroyed property in the property tax year in which it was destroyed. The program statute is repealed, effective July 1, 2025."
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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 25-259"
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citation: "Colorado SB 25-259 (2025A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Jeff Bridges", "Rick Taggart", "Shannon Bird"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d2aab9e-28a7-449b-b44b-5e655c5ba189"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-259"
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source_hash: "27c2b4ce2cdfa883a7ee6cc2a172db8aee4d348ab736acedee108c2ce04b26b3"
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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 25-259 (2025A) — Eliminate Destroyed Property Tax Reimbursement Program
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Effective January 1, 2025, the act terminates a program that has allowed the owner of real or business personal property that was destroyed by a natural cause to be reimbursed by the state for the amount of property tax levied on the destroyed property in the property tax year in which it was destroyed. The program statute is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.
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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_sb259_h_app_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_259_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (04/16/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_259_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (03/31/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_259_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (04/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_259_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (04/10/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_259_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (04/09/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_259_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (04/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_259_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **31–2** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **53–12** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
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- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
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- Rick Taggart — primary (person)
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- Shannon Bird — primary (person)
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- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2025-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2025-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
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- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2025-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `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/3d2aab9e-28a7-449b-b44b-5e655c5ba189`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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