ColoradoCommunication Rights for Persons in Custody
What it does
Current law allows a person who is committed, imprisoned, or arrested (person in custody) the right to communicate with an attorney or family member by making a reasonable number of telephone calls or through any other reasonable manner. The act adds the attorney's authorized representative to those whom a person in custody can communicate with.
More detail
Current law allows a person in custody the right to consult with an attorney. The act requires a peace officer or person employed at a place of confinement to provide an attorney or the attorney's authorized representative the ability to initiate communication with a person in custody through telephone calls, interactive audiovisual conferencing, or any other reasonable method of electronic communication, as determined by the jail or correctional facility administration. The communication must be private, unrecorded, and without cost to the confined person and attorney or the attorney's representative, subject to all reasonable administrative and operational procedures. (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
- 2025
- May 31Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- May 15Signed by the Speaker of the House
- May 15Signed by the President of the Senate
- May 15Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- Apr 28Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 25Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 23Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Apr 21Introduced In Senate - Assigned to JudiciaryMinor
- Apr 15House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 14House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- Apr 8House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Apr 4House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Jan 22House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to AppropriationsMinor
- Jan 8Introduced In House - Assigned to JudiciaryIntroduced