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Independent public-records project, separate from the State of Colorado and from every party and campaign.

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The whole state budget

FACT Source: HB26-1410 Long Bill · Session Laws of Colorado 2026, ch. 436 · signed May 8, 2026
Total appropriations FACT
$49.6B
Exactly $49,560,763,693. +6.4% vs the FY 2025-26 Long Bill · all funds
State General Fund FACT
$17.4B
Exactly $17,351,445,407. +2.7% vs the FY 2025-26 Long Bill · your state taxes
Per Colorado resident CALC
≈ $8,243
$49.6B ÷ 6,012,561 residents (Census, 2025)
General Fund reserve FACT
13.0%
cut from 15.0% for FY 2025-26 and FY 2026-27 by HB 26-1363

Two totals, two bases. An appropriation is money the legislature authorized to be spent, not money spent. For FY 2026-27, the Long Bill alone appropriates $49,560,763,693 FACT. The Appropriations Report from the Joint Budget Committee staff adds the other bills of the session: $49,694,444,712 FACT.

The General Fund is $17,351,445,407 FACT in the Long Bill alone and $17,461,279,123 FACT in the report. Both are correct, and we never add them. See both totals, with their sources.

The $100 receipt See where $100 of state spending actually goes Health care, K-12, higher education and the rest, straight from the enacted budget. Projects See every project on a map and in a table What was appropriated, and what has been spent where the state publishes it. This week’s brief Read what changed in the record this week This week: Five Twenties: who takes a share of your pay. Published on Thursdays. Follow Your Dollar Estimate what your own household paid in By ZIP code. The arithmetic runs in your browser, and nothing you type leaves the page.
Overview See the full budget view The Colorado dashboard these four tiles come from, with the spending receipt, the projects and the fine print.

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