Votes at a glance: Joint Budget Committee introductions and drafting votes on March 18, 2026
March 23, 2026 | 2026 Legislature CO, Colorado
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The Joint Budget Committee issued a set of introduction votes and drafting directions on March 18, 2026. Below is a concise "votes at a glance" listing of the principal actions recorded in the meeting.
- LLS 0933 (Early childhood: SafeCare/nurse home visitor swap): Introduced; committee vote recorded 6-0. (House sponsors: Sirota, Brown; Senate: Amabile, Kirkmeyer.)
- LLS 0884 (Out of School Time Grant program, reduced appropriation): Introduced 6-0.
- LLS 0885 (Full repeal of local accountability system grant program): Introduced 6-0.
- LLS 260949 (Auraria Higher Education Center service level agreements extension): Introduced 6-0.
- LLS 0904 (Health disparities community grant evaluation — remove third‑party requirement): Introduced 6-0.
- LLS 0909 (Change Motorcycle Operator Safety Training Fund to annual appropriation): Introduced 6-0.
- LLS 0845 (Adjust PERA allocations to trust funds): Introduced 6-0.
- LLS 0889 (Repeal capital construction funding requirements/ADLE): Introduced 6-0.
- LLS 0856 (Eliminate payments to non‑certified kinship foster caregivers): Introduced 6-0.
- LLS 0906 (Safe drinking water and child care centers — lead testing requirements): Introduced 6-0.
- Draft direction: Marijuana Tax Cash Fund local share elimination — committee voted to draft bill language (vote to draft recorded 6-0 for drafting instruction).
- Draft direction: ARPA refinanced fund transfers — committee voted to draft transfer bill excluding Burnham Yards cleanup funding (6-0).
- Draft direction: Part‑time enrichment pay tied to counted hours (quarter‑time = quarter pay; half = half) — committee voted to draft bill language (5-0, one member excused).
- RFIs approved: Colorado State Forest Service cash funds schedule 9 reporting (5-0 with one excused); Public Health and Environment laboratory RFI (5-0); wolf reintroduction RFI updates and footnote maintenance (5-0).
These introduction and drafting votes authorize staff to prepare bill drafts and RFIs for subsequent committee reviews and fiscal notes; none of the listed items represent final statutory changes until enacted by the full legislature.
- LLS 0933 (Early childhood: SafeCare/nurse home visitor swap): Introduced; committee vote recorded 6-0. (House sponsors: Sirota, Brown; Senate: Amabile, Kirkmeyer.)
- LLS 0884 (Out of School Time Grant program, reduced appropriation): Introduced 6-0.
- LLS 0885 (Full repeal of local accountability system grant program): Introduced 6-0.
- LLS 260949 (Auraria Higher Education Center service level agreements extension): Introduced 6-0.
- LLS 0904 (Health disparities community grant evaluation — remove third‑party requirement): Introduced 6-0.
- LLS 0909 (Change Motorcycle Operator Safety Training Fund to annual appropriation): Introduced 6-0.
- LLS 0845 (Adjust PERA allocations to trust funds): Introduced 6-0.
- LLS 0889 (Repeal capital construction funding requirements/ADLE): Introduced 6-0.
- LLS 0856 (Eliminate payments to non‑certified kinship foster caregivers): Introduced 6-0.
- LLS 0906 (Safe drinking water and child care centers — lead testing requirements): Introduced 6-0.
- Draft direction: Marijuana Tax Cash Fund local share elimination — committee voted to draft bill language (vote to draft recorded 6-0 for drafting instruction).
- Draft direction: ARPA refinanced fund transfers — committee voted to draft transfer bill excluding Burnham Yards cleanup funding (6-0).
- Draft direction: Part‑time enrichment pay tied to counted hours (quarter‑time = quarter pay; half = half) — committee voted to draft bill language (5-0, one member excused).
- RFIs approved: Colorado State Forest Service cash funds schedule 9 reporting (5-0 with one excused); Public Health and Environment laboratory RFI (5-0); wolf reintroduction RFI updates and footnote maintenance (5-0).
These introduction and drafting votes authorize staff to prepare bill drafts and RFIs for subsequent committee reviews and fiscal notes; none of the listed items represent final statutory changes until enacted by the full legislature.
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