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HB26-1178 · Bill · 2026 Regular Session · Colorado

Expenditures in Excess of Appropriations

Concerning the controller's allowance of expenditures in excess of appropriations.

Official status: Became Law

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Under current law, the controller may allow any state department, institution, or agency of the state, including any institution of higher education, to make an expenditure in excess of the amount authorized by an item of appropriation for the fiscal year if certain conditions are satisfied. One of those conditions is that the overexpenditure is necessary due to unforeseen circumstances arising while the general assembly is not meeting in a regular or special session. The act modifies that condition to also allow an overexpenditure when it is necessary due to a lapse in a federal appropriation that the joint budget committee determines is reasonably likely to occur while the general assembly is not meeting in regular or special session during which such overexpenditure can be legislatively addressed. The act also makes a conforming amendment to the process by which the general assembly can remove the spending restriction that the controller attaches to an overexpenditure. If a supplemental appropriation is enacted for the overexpenditure or a portion of it: The controller's spending restriction is released in full; and The department, institution, or agency of the state's overexpenditure authority ends. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Status timeline

Every recorded action on HB26-1178, oldest first
DateLocationAction
02/06/2026HouseIntroduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations
02/10/2026HouseHouse Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
02/11/2026HouseHouse Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
02/12/2026HouseHouse Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
02/17/2026SenateIntroduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations
02/18/2026SenateSenate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
02/19/2026SenateSenate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
02/20/2026SenateSenate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
03/16/2026HouseSigned by the Speaker of the House
03/17/2026SenateSigned by the President of the Senate
03/17/2026GovernorSent to the Governor
03/26/2026GovernorGovernor Signed

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View HB26-1178 on leg.colorado.gov

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