During each legislative session, we track numerous bills that address important issues that affect our freedoms, and when appropriate, we provide testimony around these bills in the Colorado House and Senate.
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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.
The bill permits those sentenced to a habitual offender 40-calendar-year life sentence before July 1, 1993 to accrue earned time.
2015
In any case involving a class 1 felony, the victim's immediate family members and any witnesses in the case have certain rights defined in the bill.
2015
The bill defines the circumstances under which an individual commits retaliation against a prosecutor.
2015
The bill encourages school districts to enter into agreements with law enforcement to reduce student contacts with law enforcement and courts as discipline enforcement agents.
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The bill creates an exception to arrest and filing charges for the crime of possession of drug paraphernalia if the person prior to being searched by a peace officer informs the peace officer that he or she...
The bill requires the Colorado commission on criminal and juvenile justice to convene an advisory committee to study community policing practices.
2015