SB 72 CO
Increased Penalty for Vehicular Homicide & Assault
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Summary
This bill clarifies that criminally negligent homicide in Colorado includes proximately causing the death of another person while operating or driving a motor vehicle with criminal negligence. The bill repeals the class 1 misdemeanor traffic offense of being the proximate cause of death while driving a motor vehicle, and clarifies that such conduct can be charged as a class 5 felony under other provisions of statute.
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Official abstract
The act clarifies the conduct by which a person can commit criminally negligent homicide to include proximately causing the death of another person while operating or driving a motor vehicle with criminal negligence. The act repeals the class 1 misdemeanor traffic offense of a person being the proximate cause of death to another person while driving a motor vehicle, while clarifying it can be charged as a class 5 felony elsewhere in statute.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Sponsors (4)
- J. Carson Republican · sponsor
- M. Snyder Democratic · sponsor
- C. Espenoza Democratic · sponsor
- B. Marshall Democratic · sponsor
16 coauthors / cosponsors
- J. Coleman Democratic · cosponsor
- L. Frizell Republican · cosponsor
- B. Kirkmeyer Republican · cosponsor
- J. Marchman Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Mullica Democratic · cosponsor
- B. Pelton Republican · cosponsor
- D. Roberts Democratic · cosponsor
- C. Simpson Republican · cosponsor
- A. Boesenecker Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Duran Democratic · cosponsor
- R. Gonzalez Republican · cosponsor
- S. Lieder Democratic · cosponsor
- J. McCluskie Democratic · cosponsor
- A. Paschal Democratic · cosponsor
- C. Richardson Republican · cosponsor
- M. Soper Republican · cosponsor
Action history (12)
- May 28, 2026 Governor Signed · executive
- May 21, 2026 Sent to the Governor · executive
- May 21, 2026 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
- May 21, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
- May 13, 2026 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
- May 12, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments · lower
- May 11, 2026 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
- Apr 14, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary · lower
- Apr 10, 2026 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
- Apr 9, 2026 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee · upper
- Apr 6, 2026 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
- Jan 28, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary · upper
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