ColoradoAdding Municipal Jails to County Jail Oversight Requirements
What it does
Beginning July 1, 2027, the act requires municipal jails to comply with existing jail data collection requirements, standards, and oversight. The act requires a keeper of a municipal jail to release a pregnant person charged with a violation of a municipal ordinance from custody if jail staff have a reasonable belief the person is in labor unless remaining in custody is necessary for the health or welfare of the person. If the pregnant person in labor is not released, the use of restraints is prohibited during the labor, delivery, and postpartum recovery, and the jail staff shall make a written record that the labor, delivery, and postpartum recovery occurred at the jail and record the reason the pregnant person was not released from custody.
More detail
The act requires council members of a city that has a city jail to examine the jail's management and sufficiency at least once a year and allows the attorney general to conduct assessments of municipal jails to identify gaps and deficiencies based on the jail standards. The act adds a nonvoting member who represents a municipality to the jail standards advisory committee.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 27Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- Apr 16Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- Apr 16Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- Apr 16Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- Mar 24Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 23Senate Second Reading Passed - No AmendmentsMinor
- Mar 18Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1039 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 10Introduced In Senate - Assigned to JudiciaryMinor
- Mar 3House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 2House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- Feb 27House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Feb 24House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment B). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment C). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1039, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment A). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 4House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- Jan 14Introduced In House - Assigned to JudiciaryIntroduced