HB26-1370 • 2026

Limited Gaming Fund Transfers to Other Cash Funds

Joint Budget Committee. Under current law, the state treasurer is required to transfer $15 million from the limited gaming fund to the Colorado travel and tourism promotion fund at the end of each sta

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Rep. K. Brown, Rep. E. Sirota, Sen. J. Bridges, Sen. B. Kirkmeyer, Rep. R. Taggart, Sen. J. Amabile
Last action: 2026-04-14
Official status: Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included details that were speculative and not directly supported by the provided official bill summary.

Changing Money Transfers from Gaming Fund

This bill changes how money is transferred from the limited gaming fund to other funds in Colorado, reducing the amount going to tourism and adding a new transfer for historical preservation.

What This Bill Does

Reduces the annual transfer from $15 million to $14 million from the limited gaming fund to the Colorado travel and tourism promotion fund starting in the 2025-26 fiscal year.
Requires an additional annual transfer of $1 million from the limited gaming fund to the museum and preservation operations account within the state historical fund, beginning in the 2025-26 fiscal year.

Who It Names or Affects

The State Treasurer of Colorado
The limited gaming fund
The Colorado travel and tourism promotion fund
The state historical fund

Terms To Know

Limited Gaming Fund: A special fund that receives money from certain types of gambling activities.
State Historical Fund: A fund used to support historical preservation and museum operations in Colorado.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens after the initial changes are made.
It is unclear how these changes will affect tourism or historical preservation efforts in Colorado.

Bill History

2026-04-14 Senate
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
2026-04-13 Senate
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations
2026-04-11 House
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
2026-04-10 House
House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
2026-04-09 House
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
2026-04-08 House
House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
2026-04-06 House
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
2026-04-02 House
Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations

Official Summary Text

Joint Budget Committee.
Under current law, the state treasurer is required to transfer $15 million from the limited gaming fund to the Colorado travel and tourism promotion fund at the end of each state fiscal year. Beginning in the 2025-26 state fiscal year, the bill reduces the amount of the annual transfer from the limited gaming fund to the Colorado travel and tourism promotion fund to $14 million and requires a new annual transfer of $1 million from the limited gaming fund to the museum and preservation operations account within the state historical fund.
(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Current Bill Text

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Second Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REENGROSSED
This Version Includes All Amendments
Adopted in the House of Introduction
LLS NO. 26-0946.01 Stephanie Schrab x4330 HOUSE BILL 26-1370
House Committees Senate Committees
Appropriations
A BILL FOR AN ACT
CONCERNING THE TRANSFER OF MONEY FROM THE LIMITED GAMING101
FUND TO OTHER CASH FUNDS.102
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov/.)
Joint Budget Committee. Under current law, the state treasurer
is required to transfer $15 million from the limited gaming fund to the
Colorado travel and tourism promotion fund at the end of each state fiscal
year. Beginning in the 2025-26 state fiscal year, the bill reduces the
amount of the annual transfer from the limited gaming fund to the
Colorado travel and tourism promotion fund to $14 million and requires
HOUSE
3rd Reading Unamended
April 11, 2026
HOUSE
2nd Reading Unamended
April 9, 2026
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Brown and Sirota, Taggart,
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Bridges and Kirkmeyer, Amabile
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.
a new annual transfer of $1 million from the limited gaming fund to the
museum and preservation operations account within the state historical
fund.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-30-701, amend2
(2)(a)(I); and add (2)(a)(I.5) as follows:3
44-30-701. Limited gaming fund - created - repeal.4
(2) (a) Except as provided in subsection (2)(b) of this section, at5
the end of the 2012-13 state fiscal year and at the end of each state fiscal6
year thereafter, the state treasurer shall transfer the state share as follows:7
(I) AT THE END OF THE 2012-13 STATE FISCAL YEAR AND EACH8
FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER , THROUGH THE END OF THE 2024-25 STATE9
FISCAL YEAR, fifteen million dollars to the Colorado travel and tourism10
promotion fund created in section 24-49.7-106;11
(I.5) AT THE END OF THE 2025-26 STATE FISCAL YEAR AND EACH12
STATE FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER:13
(A) ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO THE MUSEUM AND PRESERVATION14
OPERATIONS ACCOUNT WITHIN THE STATE HISTORICAL FUND, CREATED IN15
SECTION 44-30-1201 (5)(c)(I)(B); AND16
(B) FOURTEEN MILLION DOLLARS TO THE COLORADO TRAVEL AND17
TOURISM PROMOTION FUND CREATED IN SECTION 24-49.7-106.18
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-30-1201, amend19
(5)(c)(I)(B) as follows:20
44-30-1201. State historical fund - administration - legislative21
declaration - state museum cash fund - rules - definition.22
(5) (c) (I) All money received by the society from limited gaming23
revenues pursuant to section 44-30-701 (1)(d)(II) shall be transmitted to24
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the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the state historical fund.1
Eighty percent of the state historical fund administered by the society is2
divided into the following two accounts:3
(B) The museum and preservation operations account, hereby4
created in the state historical fund, that consists of forty-nine and5
nine-tenths of one percent of the money received from the society in a6
fiscal year, AND THE MONEY TRANSFERRED TO THE ACCOUNT PURSUANT7
TO SECTION 44-30-701 (2)(a)(I.5)(A). Money in the account is subject to8
annual appropriation by the general assembly for the purposes set forth9
in subsection (5)(b) of this section.10
SECTION 3. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,11
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate12
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for13
the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state14
institutions.15
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