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Colorado 2026A

SB 72

Increased Penalty for Vehicular Homicide & Assault

Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-11 17:11:02 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Colorado
Session
2026A
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
Introduced / first action
2026-01-28 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

The act clarifies the conduct by which a person can commit criminally negligent homicide to include proximately causing the death of another person while operating or driving a motor vehicle with criminal negligence. The act repeals the class 1 misdemeanor traffic offense of a person being the proximate cause of death to another person while driving a motor vehicle, while clarifying it can be charged as a class 5 felony elsewhere in statute.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Governor Signed

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  2. Signed by the President of the Senate

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  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House

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  4. Sent to the Governor

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  5. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

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  6. House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments

  7. House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole

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  8. Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary

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  9. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

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  10. Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee

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  11. Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole

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  12. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary

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