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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.
Current law does not permit an award of compensatory or punitive damages or attorney fees and costs to a plaintiff who prevails in a complaint before the Colorado civil rights commission (commission) or in...
The bill creates a process for persons to seek relief from the collateral consequences of a criminal conviction. The state public defender shall identify and publish a collection of the collateral...
The bill adds restorative justice to the options a court has when it imposes an alternative sentence instead of incarceration or as a part of a probation sentence. Under current law, restorative justice...
A law enforcement officer may arrest a person without a warrant if the officer has probable cause to believe that the person is an alien who:
* Is subject to a removal order issued by an immigration...
The bill requires all general, primary, odd-year, recall, and congressional vacancy elections to be conducted as mail ballot elections. A mail ballot election is an election for which eligible electors...
The bill enacts the "Felon-free Schools Act of 2011". A school district, a charter school, or an institute charter school is prohibited from employing as a nonlicensed employee a person who has a conviction...