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The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill to curb sexual abuse in Colorado jails and a measure to rethink how attorneys pick juries, each over identical 5-2 Republican objections, while clearing the annual revisor's cleanup bill without dissent.
Key Actions
·Preventing Sexual Abuse in JailsPassed
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Notable Quotes
“I have a friend whose daughter was in and out of the jail and had an addiction problem and, you know, did crime, stole stuff and ended up in jail. And she talked to me in such a nonchalant way about trading sex for drugs when she was in jail.”
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Votes
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (5)Lindsey Daugherty, Katie Wallace, Dylan Roberts, Mike Weissman, Nick Hinrichsen
No (2)John Carson, Lynda Zamora Wilson
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (5)Nick Hinrichsen, Katie Wallace, Dylan Roberts, Mike Weissman, Lindsey Daugherty
No (2)John Carson, Lynda Zamora Wilson
Referred to Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendarAction
Yes (7)John Carson, Lindsey Daugherty, Nick Hinrichsen, Katie Wallace, Lynda Zamora Wilson, Dylan Roberts, Mike Weissman
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Good afternoon, everyone. The Senate Judiciary Committee will come to order on Wednesday 22nd April. Ms. Jensen, please start us off with a roll call. Senators Carson, Doherty. Here. Hendrickson. Here. Wallace. Present. Zamora Wilson. Present. Roberts. Here. Mr. Chair. Here. All right, everyone's ready to go. There are three items on our agenda this afternoon. First is 1123, which is in an action only posture today. We took testimony in this bill last week. We then have for full consideration 169 and 1288. I will be co presenting the amendment phase of 1123 with Senator Amabile. So Mr. Vice Chair will preside. Okay, Senator Weissman, do you want to start us off? Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, committee, hopefully everyone has VMs Jensen, total of five amendments, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 just to frame all of this. You know, we're all used to most of the work being done on a bill when it comes over to us having originated in the House. When we first heard this, Senator Mobile and I acknowledged there were some issues to work out, which is why we laid it over after testimony last week. A lot of conversations have ensued.…
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