republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1178.md

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Bill	Expenditures in Excess of Appropriations	Under current law, the controller may allow any state department, institution, or agency of the state, including any institution of higher education, to make an expenditure in excess of the amount authorized by an item of appropriation for the fiscal year if certain conditions are satisfied. One of those conditions is that the overexpenditure is necessary due to unforeseen circumstances arising while the general assembly is not meeting in a regular or special session. The act modifies that condition to also allow an overexpenditure when it is necessary due to a lapse in a federal appropriation that the joint budget committee determines is reasonably likely to occur while the general assembly is not meeting in regular or special session during which such overexpenditure can be legislatively addressed. The act also makes a conforming amendment to the process by which the general assembly can remove the spending restriction that the controller attaches to an overexpenditure. If a supplemental appropriation is enacted for the overexpenditure or a portion of it:The controller's spending restriction is released in full; andThe department, institution, or agency of the state's overexpenditure authority ends.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	HB 1178	Colorado HB 1178 (2026A)	bill	State Revenue & Budget	enacted	B. Kirkmeyer E. Sirota J. Amabile J. Bridges K. Brown R. Taggart	7	12	3	2026-02-06	2026-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/9cd9be42-6b53-4959-9ee2-00c767baebef	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1178	5bb4247812a0ed07d0e825d7902647565f0f3a04c93db5de544e5197c13d8817	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 1178 (2026A) — Expenditures in Excess of Appropriations

Under current law, the controller may allow any state department, institution, or agency of the state, including any institution of higher education, to make an expenditure in excess of the amount authorized by an item of appropriation for the fiscal year if certain conditions are satisfied. One of those conditions is that the overexpenditure is necessary due to unforeseen circumstances arising while the general assembly is not meeting in a regular or special session. The act modifies that condition to also allow an overexpenditure when it is necessary due to a lapse in a federal appropriation that the joint budget committee determines is reasonably likely to occur while the general assembly is not meeting in regular or special session during which such overexpenditure can be legislatively addressed. The act also makes a conforming amendment to the process by which the general assembly can remove the spending restriction that the controller attaches to an overexpenditure. If a supplemental appropriation is enacted for the overexpenditure or a portion of it:The controller's spending restriction is released in full; andThe department, institution, or agency of the state's overexpenditure authority ends.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (committee substitute) — source
4. Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
6. Revised (committee substitute) — source
7. Signed Act (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1178 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1178 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B. Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
• E. Sirota — primary (person)
• J. Amabile — primary (person)
• J. Bridges — primary (person)
• K. Brown — primary (person)
• R. Taggart — primary (person)
• J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
• M. Duran — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-26 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-03-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-03-17 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-16 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-02-20 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-19 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-02-18 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2026-02-17 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations introduction
• 2026-02-12 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-11 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-02-10 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9cd9be42-6b53-4959-9ee2-00c767baebef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).