Staff Publications

Community Corrections Response to COVID-19

Subjects

Courts & Judicial

Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement

Public Health

Agency

Legislative Council Staff

Published

05/08/2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted almost every aspect of society, including the criminal justice system, leaving crowded courts, prisons and jails especially susceptible to the outbreak. This memorandum provides an overview of how Community Corrections is handling this public health emergency. Please note that the COVID-19 situation is rapidly changing, and staff will be monitoring changes and making updates.

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Issue Briefs

The Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act (2016)

Concern over the detrimental effects of secondhand tobacco smoke on nonsmokers has grown in recent years. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency classified secondhand tobacco smoke as a known cause of cancer in humans in a December 1992 report. In an effort to reduce the risk of tobacco smoke-...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

09/07/2016

Subjects:

Natural Resources & Environment

Public Health

Issue Briefs

Identity Theft (2016)

According to the Federal Trade Commission, in 2015 Colorado ranked 21st in the nation for the number of identity theft victims, with 123.2 victims per 100,000 population. Identity theft is generally defined as the unlawful use of personal identifying or financial information of another person to...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

07/27/2016

Subjects:

Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement

Financial Services & Commerce

Issue Briefs

Colorado Probate Law (2016)

Probate is a general term referring to a court procedure by which a person's estate is transferred to others. In current usage, "probate" has been expanded to generally include all matters pertaining to administration of estates, including trust administration, guardianships, and...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

04/07/2016

Subjects:

Courts & Judicial

Financial Services & Commerce

Staff Publications

Fraudulent Use of Pets as Service Animals (2016)

This memorandum provides information regarding state laws penalizing those who misrepresent pets or other animals as service animals. Nine states have laws prohibiting the misrepresentation of pets, and nine states have laws prohibiting people from misrepresenting themselves as disabled in order...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

03/10/2016

Subjects:

Agriculture

Civil Law

Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement

Human Services

Staff Publications

Nonfatal Strangulation as a Felony Offense (2016)

This memorandum provides information on Colorado law related to nonfatal strangulation and information on the laws in states in which nonfatal strangulation is a felony. While Colorado statutes do not specifically address strangulation, other criminal statutes may apply. This memorandum also...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

03/08/2016

Subject:

Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement

Issue Briefs

Driving Under the Influence of Drugs or Alcohol (2016)

This issue brief discusses the various offenses related to driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol in Colorado, and their associated criminal and administrative penalties.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/13/2016

Subjects:

Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement

Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana

Transportation & Motor Vehicles

Other

Colorado Commission On Affordable Health Care, 2016

Presented to the Joint Health Committee.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/08/2016

Subjects:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Public Health

Final/Annual Reports

2015 Vocational Rehabilitation Services for the Blind Interim Study Committee Final Report

Pursuant to Interim Committee Letter 2015-3. The purpose of the committee was to examine vocational rehabilitation services for the blind, the use of available funding, and program performance in order to determine the most effective structure and delivery model for vocational rehabilitation...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/18/2015

Subjects:

Courts & Judicial

Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement

General Assembly

Final/Annual Reports

2015 Profiling-Initiated Contacts by Law Enforcement Interim Committee Final Report

Pursuant to Interim Committee Letter 2015-5, submitted as required by Section 2-3-303.3, Colorado Revised Statutes. The purpose of this committee is to study data collection and evaluation methods related to contacts made by law enforcement officers to determine whether profiling is occurring in...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/18/2015

Subjects:

Courts & Judicial

Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement

General Assembly

Issue Briefs

Colorado's DNA Laws (2015)

State legislatures have emphasized the importance of collecting deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) to solve crimes. This issue brief describes legislative efforts, both in Colorado and across the country, to mandate that individuals convicted of or arrested for a crime submit a DNA sample for entry...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/15/2015

Subject:

Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement

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Pages

Colorado General Assembly