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Read. Follow. Verify.Colorado transfers $10 million from tobacco education to universal preschool program for fiscal year 2026-27
Last action · May 27, 2026: Governor SignedSponsors: Emily Sirota and 6 others
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What This Bill Does
Colorado law transfers $10 million from the tobacco education programs fund to the preschool programs on June 30, 2027, and adjusts funding sources for the universal preschool program for the 2026-27 state .
The funding source for state universal preschool changes from the general fund to a by a $10 million margin for the 2026-27 budget year.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Early Childhood
The department's funding source for the universal preschool program is shifted from the general fund to a cash fund by $10 million for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
Universal preschool program participants
Program funding is maintained through a substitution of cash fund dollars for general fund dollars.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
14 actions- May 27, 2026Office of the GovernorEnrolledGovernor Signed
- May 22, 2026HouseFloorSigned by the Speaker of the House
- May 22, 2026SenateFloorSigned by the President of the Senate
- May 22, 2026Office of the GovernorEnrolledSent to the Governor
- Apr 16, 2026SenateFloorSenate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 15, 2026SenateSenate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
Show 8 earlier actions
- Apr 14, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
- Apr 13, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations
- Apr 11, 2026HouseFloorHouse Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 10, 2026HouseHouse Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Apr 9, 2026HouseHouse Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 8, 2026HouseHouse Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Apr 6, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
- Apr 2, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations
Version history
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Refer House Bill 26-1404 to the Committee of the Whole.
Total
7
- Yes
- 5
- No
- 2
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
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Refer House Bill 26-1404 to the Committee of the Whole.
Total
7
- Yes
- 7
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
Lobbying Activity
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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