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Our Legislative Database catalogs all the bills we've monitored in recent years. Search or browse it to gain historical perspective on all of our legislative victories and defeats.
Under current law, an offender convicted of a misdemeanor involving unlawful sexual conduct must provide a DNA sample for inclusion in the Colorado bureau of investigation's DNA database. The bill would...
Under current law, a jury can only impose the death penalty based on a unanimous agreement. The bill changes the requirement to 9 out of 12 members of the jury.
2016
Under current law, for a person convicted of 2 or more separate crimes of violence arising out of the same incident, the court must require the person to serve the resulting sentences consecutively rather...
The bill prohibits a juvenile detention facility from receiving or providing care for a juvenile who violates a court order to attend school unless the juvenile is also adjudicated for a delinquent act and...
Under current law, a person who reports an emergency drug or alcohol overdose event is immune from criminal prosecution for certain drug-related offenses if certain conditions are satisfied. The bill amends...
The bill requires a court-ordered mental condition examination to be video and audio recorded. A copy of the recording must be included with the evaluator's report.
2016