Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Colorado
- Session
- 2026A
- Chamber
- lower
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
- Introduced / first action
- 2026-01-14 00:00:00
Source-supplied abstracts
For purposes of the 'Victim Rights Act', the act prohibits a defendant or alleged offender in the underlying case from being the 'lawful representative' of a victim or the victim's designee if the victim is a child or an at-risk adult. The act creates new rights for a victim under the 'Victim Rights Act', including the right to:Be notified by the district attorney if the district attorney receives a notice that a crime laboratory employee engaged in a wrongful action that includes a crime against the victim and a notice that an evidentiary hearing on post-conviction petition for relief is held;Request to be referred to by an abbreviation, pseudonym, initials, or another preferred name during hearings; andBe heard at a restitution assessment hearing.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Sponsors
- R. Stewart (primary), sponsor
- D. Woog (primary), sponsor
- J. Carson (primary), sponsor
- K. Wallace (primary), sponsor
- J. Bacon, cosponsor
- A. Boesenecker, cosponsor
- J. Caldwell, cosponsor
- C. Clifford, cosponsor
- M. Duran, cosponsor
- R. Gonzalez, cosponsor
- E. Hamrick, cosponsor
- A. Hartsook, cosponsor
- J. Jackson, cosponsor
- R. Keltie, cosponsor
- S. Lieder, cosponsor
- M. Lindsay, cosponsor
- M. Lukens, cosponsor
- J. McCluskie, cosponsor
- K. Nguyen, cosponsor
- C. Richardson, cosponsor
- N. Ricks, cosponsor
- M. Rutinel, cosponsor
- L. Suckla, cosponsor
- R. Taggart, cosponsor
- T. Winter, cosponsor
- M. Ball, cosponsor
- A. Benavidez, cosponsor
- S. Bright, cosponsor
- M. Catlin, cosponsor
- J. Coleman, cosponsor
- L. Cutter, cosponsor
- L. Daugherty, cosponsor
- T. Exum, cosponsor
- L. Frizell, cosponsor
- J. Gonzales, cosponsor
- I. Jodeh, cosponsor
- C. Kipp, cosponsor
- B. Kirkmeyer, cosponsor
- C. Kolker, cosponsor
- W. Lindstedt, cosponsor
- J. Marchman, cosponsor
- K. Mullica, cosponsor
- R. Pelton, cosponsor
- J. Rich, cosponsor
- D. Roberts, cosponsor
- R. Rodriguez, cosponsor
- M. Snyder, cosponsor
- T. Sullivan, cosponsor
- M. Weissman, cosponsor