JBC approves multiple cash‑fund sweeps, transfer modifications and recognizes bill revenue assumptions
March 26, 2026 | 2026 Legislature CO, Colorado
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The Joint Budget Committee approved several fund sweeps and transfer modifications intended to help close the budget gap.
Chair reported about $11.4 million in the ARPA refinance discretionary account that the administration identified as not being utilized; the committee moved to sweep those funds to the General Fund and add the adjustment to the ARPA bill. The motion passed unanimously. Later, the committee modified an existing 2019 statutory transfer that would have moved $30 million from the UPTF (a trust fund) to another housing‑related fund; legal staff and committee members agreed to amend the standalone bill so roughly $2.2 million of that transfer would be redirected to the Housing Development Grant Fund (HDGF) for emergency housing vouchers and the remainder would come to the General Fund.
Vice Chair Bridges asked the committee to recognize expected fiscal impact from a pending bill reclassifying aviation fuel taxes; committee staff recommended a conservative $30 million recognition for balancing while noting the fiscal note may change. The committee approved that recognition.
On the Fort Logan youth psychiatric unit, committee members agreed to assume the unit will not be operational in FY 27–28 and to reflect a $3.3 million general fund savings for balancing.
The committee also approved sweeping a decarbonization cash fund and authorized drafting language to create an ongoing general fund appropriation to support the program (staff estimated a $1.2M annual appropriation with a transfer estimate around $9.5M over the period cited). Committee authorized repeal of empty funds for statutory cleanup.
Finally, staff presented options to sweep the Disability Support Fund (roughly $13.8M) into the General Fund while preserving a $1.0M one‑time appropriation to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation to access additional federal matching funds; committee moved the modified sweep and asked staff to place it in the Special Purpose Authority bill. The motion passed 5–0 (Kirk Meyer excused).
Next steps: staff will draft bill language for the ARPA and transfer items, include the UPTF modification in the standalone bill, reflect aviation fuel reclassification assumptions in balancing, and return with statutory cleanup language.
Chair reported about $11.4 million in the ARPA refinance discretionary account that the administration identified as not being utilized; the committee moved to sweep those funds to the General Fund and add the adjustment to the ARPA bill. The motion passed unanimously. Later, the committee modified an existing 2019 statutory transfer that would have moved $30 million from the UPTF (a trust fund) to another housing‑related fund; legal staff and committee members agreed to amend the standalone bill so roughly $2.2 million of that transfer would be redirected to the Housing Development Grant Fund (HDGF) for emergency housing vouchers and the remainder would come to the General Fund.
Vice Chair Bridges asked the committee to recognize expected fiscal impact from a pending bill reclassifying aviation fuel taxes; committee staff recommended a conservative $30 million recognition for balancing while noting the fiscal note may change. The committee approved that recognition.
On the Fort Logan youth psychiatric unit, committee members agreed to assume the unit will not be operational in FY 27–28 and to reflect a $3.3 million general fund savings for balancing.
The committee also approved sweeping a decarbonization cash fund and authorized drafting language to create an ongoing general fund appropriation to support the program (staff estimated a $1.2M annual appropriation with a transfer estimate around $9.5M over the period cited). Committee authorized repeal of empty funds for statutory cleanup.
Finally, staff presented options to sweep the Disability Support Fund (roughly $13.8M) into the General Fund while preserving a $1.0M one‑time appropriation to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation to access additional federal matching funds; committee moved the modified sweep and asked staff to place it in the Special Purpose Authority bill. The motion passed 5–0 (Kirk Meyer excused).
Next steps: staff will draft bill language for the ARPA and transfer items, include the UPTF modification in the standalone bill, reflect aviation fuel reclassification assumptions in balancing, and return with statutory cleanup language.
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