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SB25-043: Deflections Support Justice-Involved Youth
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Introduced⌛SB25-043 strengthens existing programs that divert Colorado children away from the criminal legal and juvenile delinquency systems. It also allocates up to $10 million over three years to support community service providers who serve children in culturally responsive and trauma-informed ways without relying on detention or criminalization.
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HB24-1147: Municipal Court Fairness and Transparency
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Introduced ⌛HB25-1147 provides fundamental legal protections that are already guaranteed in state courts to Coloradans prosecuted in municipal courts. Colorado’s municipal courts criminalize our neighbors with substance use disorder and other behavioral and mental health conditions because they prosecute poverty-based offenses. Long sentences and a lack of attorneys in these courts only creates more barriers for Coloradans seeking treatment or housing.
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SB25-044: Increase Synthetic Opiates Criminal Penalties
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Postponed indefinitely on 2/10/25 in Senate Juiciary🔥HB25-044 would have increased penalties for people with substance use disorder and those who use drugs. It would have continued the failed policies of the war on drugs, felonizing anyone who shares any amount of drugs containing fentanyl, regardless of whether they knew the substance contained fentanyl.
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HB25-1008: Complementary Behavioral Health Services in Jails
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Passed House Judiciary Committee, awaiting Appropriations Committee ⌛HB25-1008 would allocate state money to train jail staff and provide behavioral health services to people incarcerated in Colorado’s jails. With the limited resources available, Colorado should make truly meaningful investments in community-based care instead of continuing to rely on the criminal legal system as the primary route to treatment and services for behavioral health conditions.
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HB25-1146: Increase Juvenile Detention Bed Cap
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Introduced ⌛HB25-1146 would put more and more kids behind bars each year in Colorado. Rather than prioritizing investments in areas like education, housing, healthcare, and climate solutions for Colorado's children, this bill anticipates a growing need for juvenile detention facilities, and would spend significant state funds to support this expansion.
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