Senate Judiciary

Monday, March 23, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

The Senate Judiciary Committee took up a single bill Monday afternoon, advancing HB26-1232 — a measure billed as a 'cleanup to a cleanup' aimed at finally stopping Colorado courts from assessing fees against juveniles — to the full Senate over the objections of two Republicans.

Key Actions

·Court Costs Assessed to JuvenilesPassed

Notable Quotes

“This is a cleanup to a cleanup of a bill that was meant to be extraordinarily state straightforward. And I hope that the third time is a charm. Ask for an I vote.”
Julie Gonzales — The co-sponsor's framing of the bill as a repeated effort to make the 2021 juvenile-fee ban actually stick.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (5)Lindsey Daugherty, Nick Hinrichsen, Katie Wallace, Mike Weissman, Dylan Roberts

No (2)John Carson, Lynda Zamora Wilson

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TranscriptPreview

Okay. Good afternoon. Senate Judiciary will come to order on Monday 23rd March. Ms. Jensen, please call the roll. Senators Carson. President Dougherty. We do note that Senator Daugherty is on the zoom. There may be a tech issue excused for now. Henriksen. Here. Wallace. President Zamora. Wilson. Here. Roberts. Here. Mr. Chair. Here. Senator Daugherty? Here. All right. Sorry about that, Senator Daugherty. All right, everyone's present. Thank you, everyone. We have just one bill on the committee calendar this afternoon. That is 1232 by Senators Linstadt and Gonzalez, who are before us. Thank you for balancing demands with another committee. Senator Gonzalez, whoever would like to start off with opening comments? Senator linstadt. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Today. Today's bill I view as kind of a cleanup to House Bill 1315 from 2021, which passed with bipartisan support to stop assessing and collecting fees from juveniles in our court system. Court imposed fees saddle juveniles with debt as they move into adulthood at the exact time we hope they can get onto the right track in life. Because of a gap in 1315, courts have. Some courts have continued to assess fees on juvenile offenders without enforcing their…

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