House Judiciary

The committee will come to order. Ms. Shipley, please call the roll. Representative Spacon. Excuse. Clifford Espinoza Flinell. Present. Garcia. Here. Here. Law. Here. Winter. Good afternoon. Zokai. Excused. Carter. Present. Mr. Chair. Here. Okay, committee members, we have three bills today. House Bill 1109, House Bill 1103, House Bill 1144. We are joined by Majority Leader Duran and Representative Gonzalez on House Bill 1109. Whoever would like to begin. Majority Leader Duran. Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. Thank you for hearing. House Bill 1109, the Colorado Mandatory Lethality Assessment Act. I rise today not just as majority leader, not just as a prime sponsor, but as a survivor. There was a time in my life when fear sat beside me at the kitchen table. Not metaphorically, but literally. Fear drank coffee with me. Fear watched me fold laundry. Fear listened while I pretended everything was just fine. I learned to recognize footsteps before a door closed. I learned how to silence. How silence could be safer than honesty. I learned how to disappear inside myself while standing in the same room being beaten while my son cried in his crib in another room. And in…