Vicki Marble
- Republican
Primary
The bill requires each municipality, on and after January 1, 2020, to provide independent indigent defense for each indigent defendant facing a possible jail sentence for a violation of a municipal ordinance. Independent indigent defense requires, at minimum, that a nonpartisan entity independent of the municipal court and municipal officials oversee the provision of indigent defense counsel. To satisfy this requirement, a municipality may: Contract directly with defense attorneys to provide independent indigent defense; or Establish a local or regional independent indigent defense commission to appoint and supervise defense counsel. A municipality that contracts directly with defense attorneys to provide independent indigent defense shall ensure that oversight of such attorneys is provided by the office of alternate defense counsel, by a legal aid clinic at an accredited Colorado law school, or by a local or regional independent indigent defense commission. The bill requires the state public defender to appoint the members of any local or regional independent indigent defense commission. The bill sets forth an annual timeline by which a municipality may request and potentially receive the services of the office of alternate defense counsel to: Evaluate the provision of defense counsel to indigent defendants; or Provide defense counsel to indigent defendants at the expense of the municipality.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More
Governor Signed
Sent to the Governor
Signed by the Speaker of the House
Signed by the President of the Senate
Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Committee Amendment | |
| PA1 (04/02/2018) | |
| PA2 (04/30/2018) | |
| PA3 (05/02/2018) | |
| Introduced (03/12/2018) | |
| Engrossed (04/16/2018) | |
| Reengrossed (04/17/2018) | |
| Revised (05/02/2018) | |
| Rerevised (05/03/2018) | |
| Final Act (05/11/2018) | |
| Signed Act (06/01/2018) |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Note SA1 (04/11/2018) | |
| Fiscal Note SA2 (05/02/2018) | |
| Fiscal Note FN1 (03/20/2018) | |
| Fiscal Note FN2 (04/09/2018) | |
| Fiscal Note FN3 (05/01/2018) | |
| Fiscal Note FN4 (07/25/2018) |
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