s_sa_2018a_2018-05-04t14:55:21z12 Hearing Summary

Senator Fields and Senator Lundberg, co-prime sponsors, presented House Bill 18-1409 to the committee. The bill creates the Community Crime Survivors Grant Program in the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment.

David Works, representing the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, testified in support of the bill.

Sharletta Evans, representing the Victim and Offender Mitigation Initiative, testified in support of the bill.

Jason Vitello, representing Colorado Survivors for Safety and Justice and the Colorado Public Health Association, testified in support of the bill.

Juston Cooper, representing the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, testified in support of the bill.

Senators Lundberg and Fields wrapped up their presentation of the bill.

Committee members discussed the bill with Senator Lundberg.