Senate Committee of Reference Report

Committee on Judiciary

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March 18, 2026

After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends the following:

SB26-124     be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee on Appropriations with favorable recommendation:

Page 1, Line 1Amend printed bill, strike everything below the enacting clause and

Page 1, Line 2substitute:

Page 1, Line 3"SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-33.5-539, amend

Page 1, Line 4(4) as follows:

Page 1, Line 524-33.5-539.  Automated protection order notification system

Page 1, Line 6- definitions.

Page 1, Line 7(4)  The Colorado bureau of investigation in the division and the

Page 1, Line 8Colorado integrated criminal justice information system

Page 1, Line 9program created in section 16-20.5-103 shall make the information

Page 1, Line 10described in subsection (3) of this section available to the division for the

Page 1, Line 11purpose of providing the information to a protected person, the protected

Page 1, Line 12person's immediate family, or other interested persons pursuant to

Page 1, Line 13subsection (2) of this section.

Page 1, Line 14SECTION 2.  Act subject to petition - effective date. This act

Page 1, Line 15takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the

Page 1, Line 16ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August

Page 1, Line 1712, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026); except that, if a

Page 1, Line 18referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the

Page 1, Line 19state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act

Page 1, Line 20within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect

Page 1, Line 21unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in

Page 1, Line 22November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the

Page 1, Line 23official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.".

Page 1, Line 24Page 1, strike lines 101 and 102 and substitute "Concerning

Page 1, Line 25requiring the Colorado integrated criminal justice

Page 1, Line 26information system program to make information available

Page 2, Line 1for the automated protection order notification system.".