Location: SCR 356
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BILL SUMMARY for HB16-1309
SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS
BILL SUMMARY for HB16-1309
SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS
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| Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment H). The motion p Refer House Bill 16-1309, as amended, to the Commi |
Pass Without Objection PASS |
04:07 PM -- HB16-1309
Senator Marble presented House Bill 16-1309 to the committee. The bill requires municipal courts to appoint legal counsel to any defendant in custody and charged with an offense that carries a potential sentence of incarceration. Counsel must be present for the defendant's initial appearance unless he or she makes a knowing, intelligent, and voluntary waiver of his or her right to counsel. If the defendant remains in custody, he or she has a right to counsel until released. Once released, the defendant may apply for and the court must appoint an attorney if the defendant is deemed indigent and faces a potential sentence of incarceration. The bill requires municipal courts to inform each defendant of his or her rights related to self-incrimination, counsel, trial by jury, pleas, bail, and the charges against him or her.
04:08 PM -- Robert Frick, representing the Colorado Municipal Judges Association, testified against the bill.
04:13 PM -- Tamara Wolfe, representing the Colorado Association for Municipal Court Administrators, testified against the bill.
04:20 PM -- Meghan Dollar, representing the Colorado Municipal League, testified against the bill.
04:23 PM -- Richard Orf, representing the Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado, testified against the bill.
04:24 PM -- Carrie Thompson, representing Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, testified in support of the bill.
04:28 PM -- Alice Norman, representing the Denver Municipal Public Defender, testified in support of the bill.
04:32 PM -- Denise Maes, representing the ACLU of Colorado, testified in support of the bill.
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| BILL: | HB16-1309 | |
| TIME: | 04:38:44 PM | |
| MOVED: | Hill | |
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Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment H). The motion passed without objection. |
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
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| BILL: | HB16-1309 | |
| TIME: | 04:40:43 PM | |
| MOVED: | Hill | |
| MOTION: | Refer House Bill 16-1309, as amended, to the Committee on Finance The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. | |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Ulibarri |
Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Final YES: 5 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS
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04:42 PM
The committee adjourned.