Key Votes
SB 228 - Repealing the General Fund Spending Cap - Key Vote
Colorado Key Votes
Susan Shepherd voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- June 3, 2009 Executive Signed
- April 30, 2009 Senate Concurrence Vote Passed
- April 30, 2009 Senate Concurrence Vote Passed
- April 28, 2009 House Bill Passed
- March 17, 2009 Senate Bill Passed
- Feb. 19, 2009 Introduced
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Legislation - Signed (Executive) - June 3, 2009
Title: Repealing the General Fund Spending Cap
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (Senate) (20-11) - April 30, 2009
NOTE: THE LEGISLATURE PROVIDES ITS MEMBERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO BOTH VOTE ON WHETHER TO CONCUR WITH THE OPPOSING CHAMBER'S AMENDMENTS AND, IF THE CONCURRENCE VOTE SUCCEEDS, VOTE TO REPASS THE BILL AFTER THE AMENDMENTS ARE INCORPORATED. THIS IS A VOTE ON REPASSAGE OF THE BILL AFTER THE MEMBERS CONCURRED WITH THE OPPOSING CHAMBER'S AMENDMENTS.
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (Senate) (20-11) - April 30, 2009
NOTE: THIS VOTE RECONSIDERS A PREVIOUS VOTE.
NOTE: THE LEGISLATURE PROVIDES ITS MEMBERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO BOTH VOTE ON WHETHER TO CONCUR WITH THE OPPOSING CHAMBER'S AMENDMENTS AND, IF THE CONCURRENCE VOTE SUCCEEDS, VOTE TO REPASS THE BILL AFTER THE AMENDMENTS ARE INCORPORATED. THIS IS A VOTE ON REPASSAGE OF THE BILL AFTER THE MEMBERS CONCURRED WITH THE OPPOSING CHAMBER'S AMENDMENTS.
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (35-29) - April 28, 2009 (Key vote)
Title: Repealing the General Fund Spending Cap
Vote to pass a bill that repeals the 6 percent cap on increases in General Fund appropriations over the previous fiscal year and replaces it with a cap equal to 5 percent of Colorado personal income beginning July 1, 2009, and repeals the automatic transfer of funds in excess of that cap to the Highway Users Tax Fund and Capital Construction Fund for transportation projects beginning January 1, 2010, while guaranteeing a specific amount of General Fund revenue to those funds for fiscal years 2012-2013 through 2016-2017.
- -2 percent of General Fund revenue to the Highway Users Tax Fund and 0.5 percent of General Fund revenue to the Capital Construction Fund for fiscal years 2012-2013 through 2013-2014; and
-2 percent of General Fund revenue to the Highway Users Tax Fund and 1 percent of General Fund revenue to the Capital Construction Fund for fiscal years 2014-2015 through 2016-2017.
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (21-14) - March 17, 2009 (Key vote)
Title: Repealing the General Fund Spending Cap
Vote to pass a bill that repeals the six percent cap on increases in General Fund appropriations over the previous fiscal year and the automatic transfer of funds in excess of that cap to the Highway Users Tax Fund and Capital Construction Fund for transportation projects beginning July 1, 2009.
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Feb. 19, 2009
Title: Repealing the General Fund Spending Cap
Sponsors
- Bob L. Bacon (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Betty Boyd (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lois Court (CO - D)
- Mark Ferrandino (CO - D)
- Joyce Foster (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- K. Jerry Frangas (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gwyn Green (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Peter C. Groff (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rollie Heath 'Rollie' Heath II (CO - D)
- Mary A. Hodge (CO - D)
- Evie Hudak (CO - D)
- Dickey Lee Hullinghorst (CO - D)
- James 'Jim' Isgar (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Maryanne 'Moe' Keller (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Don Marostica (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Elizabeth H. 'Beth' McCann (CO - D)
- Anne L. McGihon (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Michael Merrifield (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Joe Miklosi (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- John P. Morse (CO - D)
- Linda M. Newell (CO - D)
- Salvatore 'Sal' Pace (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- John V. 'Jack' Pommer (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Chris Romer (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gail S. Schwartz (CO - D)
- Brandon C. Shaffer (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Abel J. Tapia (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lois A. Tochtrop (CO - D)
- Nancy Janann Todd (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jennifer L. 'Jen' Veiga (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Paul Martin Weissmann (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Suzanne S. Williams (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Morgan L. Carroll (CO - D)
- Andrew 'Andy' Kerr (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jeanne Labuda (CO - D)
- Su Ryden (CO - D)
