HB 1288 CO
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Summary
This bill creates a jury selection working group within Colorado's judicial department to study and improve jury selection processes. The working group will identify best practices and make recommendations for statutory or rule changes to improve jury selection. The working group must submit a final report of its recommendations to the legislature's judiciary committees and to the Colorado Supreme Court. If the working group recommends rule changes, the Supreme Court must respond to the recommendations and post its response on its website for public access.
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Official abstract
The act creates a jury selection working group (working group) in the judicial department to identify best practices and make recommendations for statutory or rule changes to improve jury selection. The act details the working group's membership and duties, and requires the working group to submit a final report of the working group's recommendations to the judiciary committees of the house of representatives and the senate and to each supreme court justice. If recommendations for rule changes are made, the Colorado supreme court shall respond to the recommendations and post the response on its website for public access.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Sponsors (4)
- M. Carter Democratic · sponsor
- J. Joseph Democratic · sponsor
- D. Roberts Democratic · sponsor
- K. Wallace Democratic · sponsor
8 coauthors / cosponsors
- J. Bacon Democratic · cosponsor
- C. Clifford Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Coleman Democratic · cosponsor
- L. Cutter Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Gonzales Democratic · cosponsor
- I. Jodeh Democratic · cosponsor
- R. Rodriguez Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Weissman Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (14)
- May 28, 2026 Governor Signed · executive
- May 22, 2026 Sent to the Governor · executive
- May 22, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
- May 22, 2026 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
- Apr 27, 2026 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
- Apr 24, 2026 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
- Apr 22, 2026 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
- Apr 20, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary · upper
- Apr 16, 2026 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
- Apr 15, 2026 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
- Apr 14, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · lower
- Apr 7, 2026 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
- Apr 1, 2026 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
- Feb 23, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary · lower
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