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Forecast June 2024

Focus Colorado presents forecasts for the economy and state government revenue through FY 2024-25. Implications of the forecast for the state's General Fund budget and spending limit are described in the report's highlights and executive summary sections. The report is based on current law, legislation passed by the General Assembly affecting the forecast is described throughout the report.

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Publishing Agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Subjects:
  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • State Revenue & Budget
Staff Publications

Fiscal Note Reports (2024)

Fiscal Note Data Reports show the fiscal impact of all legislation currently pending before the General Assembly, based on the most recent published fiscal note.  Updated reports will be posted on this page approximately weekly during the legislative session.  After session, final data will be posted. 

The data reports are contained in an Excel spreadsheet with each report located on a separate tab.  Data in each report is in a sortable/filterable table.  Included reports include:

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Publishing Agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Subjects:
  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • General Assembly
  • State Revenue & Budget
Staff Publications

Fiscal Notes for Legislation Included in the FY 2024-25 Long Bill Budget Package

This packet includes fiscal notes for bills introduced with the FY 2024-25 Long Bill, including HB 24-1385 through HB 24-1428. Fiscal notes for these bills are also be available individually on each bill page on the General Assembly website.

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Publishing Agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Subjects:
  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • General Assembly
  • State Revenue & Budget
Budget Related Publications

Forecast March 2024

Focus Colorado presents forecasts for the economy and state government revenue through FY 2024-25. Implications of the forecast for the state's General Fund budget and spending limit are described in the report's highlights and executive summary sections. The report is based on current law, legislation passed by the General Assembly affecting the forecast is described throughout the report.

Release date:
Publishing Agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Subjects:
  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • State Revenue & Budget
Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Child Care Expenses Income Tax Credits

Report No. 2023-TE19

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Publishing Agency:
Office of the State Auditor
Subjects:
  • Children & Domestic Matters
  • Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • Labor & Employment
Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Organ Donor Employer Credit

Report No. 2023-TE18

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Publishing Agency:
Office of the State Auditor
Subjects:
  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • Health Care & Health Insurance
Budget Related Publications

Forecast December 2023

Focus Colorado presents forecasts for the economy and state government revenue through FY 2023-24. Implications of the forecast for the state's General Fund budget and spending limit are described in the report's highlights and executive summary sections. The report is based on current law, legislation passed by the General Assembly affecting the forecast is described throughout the report.

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Publishing Agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Subjects:
  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • State Revenue & Budget
Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Film Incentive Tax Credit Memo

Memo No. 2023-TE21

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Publishing Agency:
Office of the State Auditor
Subjects:
  • Business & Economic Development
  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • Labor & Employment
Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Residential Energy Storage Credit Memo

Note: A more recent evaluation was issued in December 2025. Click HERE to access the December 2025 report.

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Publishing Agency:
Office of the State Auditor
Subjects:
  • Energy
  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • Natural Resources & Environment
Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Contaminated Land Redevelopment Credit

Report No. 2023-TE15

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Publishing Agency:
Office of the State Auditor
Subjects:
  • Business & Economic Development
  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • Natural Resources & Environment
  • State Government
Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Credit for Unsalable Alcohol

Report No. 2023-TE16

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Publishing Agency:
Office of the State Auditor
Subjects:
  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana
Staff Publications

Dynamic Modeling

A dynamic model attempts to quantify the downstream effects of a policy change throughout the economy. Legislative Council Staff (LCS) does not conduct dynamic modeling, which means that fiscal notes and other analyses are limited to the scope of legislation's direct impacts and, in some cases, direct behavioral effects. This memorandum explains the difference between direct, behavioral, and dynamic effects of policy changes and current LCS practices in analyzing these impacts

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Publishing Agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Subjects:
  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • State Revenue & Budget
Budget Related Publications

Forecast September 2023

Focus Colorado presents forecasts for the economy and state government revenue through FY 2024-25. Implications of the forecast for the state's General Fund budget and spending limit are described in the report's highlights and executive summary sections. The report is based on current law, legislation passed by the General Assembly affecting the forecast is described throughout the report.

Release date:
Publishing Agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Subjects:
  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • State Revenue & Budget