Senate Judiciary

Monday, March 2, 2026·2h 0m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced two crime bills to the consent calendar, headlined by SB26-095, a sweeping survivor-support measure whose remote-testimony provisions drew wrenching testimony from a stalking victim and a domestic-violence survivor. Colorimetric drug-test bill HB26-1020 also cleared without dissent.

Key Actions

·Colorimetric Field Drug Tests in Drug PossessionsPassed

+ 1 more action

Notable Quotes

“You wake up in the morning to hundreds of messages, all caps, expletives. Again, from a stranger. Why don't you love me anymore? I hate you. I'll smash your head against a sidewalk. I will kill you. It's terrifying, isn't it? And that was my life for six years.”
Coles Whelan · witness — Whelan, whose stalking case reached the U.S. Supreme Court, laid out the sustained threats that underpin the bill's remote-testimony provision.

+ 4 more quotes

Votes

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

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

Unlock the full summary

Subscribe to see every key action, the full discussion, amendments, and notable quotes.

TranscriptPreview

Good afternoon. The Senate Judiciary Committee will please come to order. It is Monday, March 2nd. Ms. Jensen, please start us off with a roll call. Senators Carson, President Dougherty. Here. Hendrickson. Here. Wallace. Here. Zamora, Wilson. Here. Roberts. Here. Mr. Chair. Here. All right, everyone is present. We have two bills on our agenda today. First will be Senate Bill 95. Second will be House Bill 1020, because I'm presenting Senate Bill 95. Mr. Vice Chair, Senator Roberts will be presiding chair for this part of the hearing. All right, Senator Weissman, Senate Bill 95, whenever you're ready. Okay, thank you. Committee for hearing. Senate Bill 95 today. In a word, 95 is a bill about survivorship, which we talk about a lot in a lot of different respects in this committee. Part of that is certainly apprehending folks who have harmed others and subjecting them to appropriate consequences. There is more to survivorship, as I think about it, which is a condition nobody asks for and too many people have to find their way through, and that everything else is sort of what the bill is about. I will do a quick walkthrough, section by section. There are…

Subscribe to unlock the full transcript, summary, and the assistant across all Colorado committee hearings.