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type: "Bill"
title: "Transfer Tobacco Education Fund to Preschool Program Fund"
description: "The act transfers $10 million from the tobacco education programs fund to the preschool programs cash fund on June 30, 2027. For the 2026-27 state fiscal year, the act reduces the general fund appropriation to the department of early childhood (department) for the universal preschool program by $10 million and makes a corresponding $10 million appropriation to the department from the preschool programs cash fund for the universal preschool program.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1404"
citation: "Colorado HB 1404 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)", "State Revenue & Budget"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Kirkmeyer", "E. Sirota", "J. Amabile", "J. Bridges", "K. Brown", "R. Taggart"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-04-02"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44886be6-3ba6-4bf3-8b60-dff7c59e4daa"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1404"
source_hash: "39d6012a4e67a055da3cd083ea638f7ef4a9a314f4475ba5b9e5e6a334f72f40"
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 HB 1404 (2026A) — Transfer Tobacco Education Fund to Preschool Program Fund
The act transfers $10 million from the tobacco education programs fund to the preschool programs cash fund on June 30, 2027. For the 2026-27 state fiscal year, the act reduces the general fund appropriation to the department of early childhood (department) for the universal preschool program by $10 million and makes a corresponding $10 million appropriation to the department from the preschool programs cash fund for the universal preschool program.(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](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114049/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114353/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116593/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114441/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114775/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114681/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116764/download)
## Votes
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1404 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1404 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
## 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)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-05-27** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-22** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-15** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-04-14** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-13** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2026-04-11** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-10** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-09** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-04-08** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-06** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Introduced In House - 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/44886be6-3ba6-4bf3-8b60-dff7c59e4daa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).