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Read. Follow. Verify.Colorado transfers $5.1 million annually for child abuse prevention and repeals program expiration dates
Last action · May 27, 2026: Governor SignedSponsors: Kyle Brown and 6 others
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What This Bill Does
Colorado directs the state treasurer to transfer $5.1 million annually from the nurse home visitor program fund to the Colorado child abuse prevention trust fund from 2026 through 2029, while indefinitely continuing the trust fund and its governing board.
Secures sustained state funding for child abuse prevention programs and shifts $5.1 million in 2026-27 home visiting appropriations from tobacco settlement revenues to the general fund.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Colorado Child Abuse Prevention Board
Receives annual appropriations from the trust fund for child abuse prevention programs and operates past the previously scheduled 2027 repeal date.
Department of Early Childhood
Must manage adjusted fiscal year appropriations and submit a report to the joint budget committee by November 1, 2029.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
13 actions- May 27, 2026Office of the GovernorEnrolledGovernor Signed
- May 21, 2026HouseFloorSigned by the Speaker of the House
- May 21, 2026SenateFloorSigned by the President of the Senate
- May 21, 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 7 earlier actions
- Apr 14, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
- Apr 13, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations
- Apr 11, 2026HouseFloorHouse Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 9, 2026HouseHouse Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Apr 8, 2026HouseHouse Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 6, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
- Apr 2, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations
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View official text →Voting Record
Refer House Bill 26-1349 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
Total
7
- Yes
- 7
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
Show 1 earlier roll call
Refer House Bill 26-1349 to the Committee of the Whole.
Total
7
- Yes
- 6
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
- Other positions
- 1
Lobbying Activity
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Indefinite Extension of Child Welfare Entities
The legislation removes the previously scheduled July 1, 2027 repeal date for both the trust fund and the prevention board, establishing permanent authorization.
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Sources
leg.colorado.gov
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- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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