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HB 24-1150 CO
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False Slates of Electors

CO · session 2024A · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 30, 2024

Latest action (Apr 19, 2024) Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs

Summary

The act applies conduct pertaining to false slates of electors to 5 existing crimes that make it unlawful for an individual to: Offer a false instrument for recording; Commit forgery; Conspire to offer a false instrument for recording or to commit forgery; Commit perjury; or Commit subornation of perjury. Each crime is punishable by a fine of no more than $10,000. In addition, a defendant who is convicted of the crime of perjury or subornation of perjury for knowingly and falsely swearing or attesting to the oath required by law for presidential electors or inducing another to knowingly and falsely swear or attest to the oath required by law for presidential electors is disqualified, as required by the state constitution, from being a member of the general assembly and from holding any office of trust or profit in the state. APPROVED by Governor April 19, 2024 EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Sponsors (3)

Action history (13)

  1. Apr 19, 2024 Governor Signed · executive
  2. Apr 12, 2024 Sent to the Governor · executive
  3. Apr 12, 2024 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
  4. Apr 11, 2024 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
  5. Apr 3, 2024 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
  6. Apr 2, 2024 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
  7. Mar 28, 2024 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
  8. Mar 15, 2024 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs · upper
  9. Mar 11, 2024 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
  10. Mar 8, 2024 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · lower
  11. Feb 29, 2024 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
  12. Feb 26, 2024 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
  13. Jan 30, 2024 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs · lower

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