HB 25-1013 - Specifies Prisoners have a Right to See Visitors - Colorado Key Vote
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- June 4, 2025
- House Concurrence Vote Passed
- May 2, 2025
- Senate Bill Passed
- May 2, 2025
- House Bill Passed
- March 26, 2025
- Introduced
- Jan. 8, 2025
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Title: Specifies Prisoners have a Right to See Visitors
Signed by Governor Jared Polis
Title: Specifies Prisoners have a Right to See Visitors
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that specifies prisoners have a right to see visitors in Colorado.
Highlights:
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Establishes social visitation as a right for a person confined in a correctional facility (Sec. 1-3).
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Authorizes the Department of Corrections (department) may adopt rules to govern the administration of social visitation, but shall not restrict social visitation beyond what is necessary for routine facility operations or for the safety of the facility and public (Sec. 1-3).
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Specifies that the department is required to consult with the certified employee organization that represents department employees before adopting, amending, or repealing the rules (Sec. 1-3).
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Requires the department to permit a person to file a grievance with the department if the person is not being allowed social visitation (Sec. 1-3).
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Specifies that the provisions of this bill sdecalre an emergency and shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 4).
Title: Specifies Prisoners have a Right to See Visitors
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to amend and pass a bill that specifies prisoners have a right to see visitors in Colorado.
Highlights:
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Establishes social visitation as a right for a person confined in a correctional facility (Sec. 1-3).
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Authorizes the Department of Corrections (department) may adopt rules to govern the administration of social visitation, but shall not restrict social visitation beyond what is necessary for routine facility operations or for the safety of the facility and public (Sec. 1-3).
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Specifies that the department is required to consult with the certified employee organization that represents department employees before adopting, amending, or repealing the rules (Sec. 1-3).
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Requires the department to permit a person to file a grievance with the department if the person is not being allowed social visitation (Sec. 1-3).
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Specifies that the provisions of this bill sdecalre an emergency and shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 4).
Title: Specifies Prisoners have a Right to See Visitors
Title: Specifies Prisoners have a Right to See Visitors
- Judy Amabile (CO - D)
- Jennifer Bacon (CO - D)
- Matthew Ball (CO - D)
- Shannon Bird (CO - D)
- Andrew Boesenecker (CO - D)
- Michael Carter (CO - D)
- Chad Clifford (CO - D)
- James Rashad Coleman (CO - D)
- Lisa A. Cutter (CO - D)
- Jessie Danielson (CO - D)
- Regina English (CO - D)
- Cecelia Espenoza (CO - D)
- Thomas 'Tony' Exum Sr. (CO - D)
- Meg Froelich (CO - D)
- Julie Gonzales (CO - D)
- Nick Hinrichsen (CO - D)
- Jamie Jackson (CO - D)
- Iman Jodeh (CO - D)
- Junie Joseph (CO - D)
- Cathy Kipp (CO - D)
- Sheila Lieder (CO - D)
- Mandy Lindsay (CO - D)
- William Lindstedt (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Javier Mabrey (CO - D)
- Robert 'Bob' Marshall (CO - D)
- Matthew Martinez (CO - D)
- Julie McCluskie (CO - D)
- Dafna Michaelson Jenet (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Naquetta Ricks (CO - D)
- Manny Rutinel (CO - D)
- Emily Lipp Sirota (CO - D)
- Rebekah Stewart (CO - D)
- Tom Sullivan (CO - D)
- Elizabeth Velasco (CO - D)
- Katie Wallace (CO - D)
- Mike Weissman (CO - D)
- Faith Winter (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Yara Hanlin Zokaie (CO - D)