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Colorado committee considers bill to separate restitution timelines after court rulings
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on House Bill 13‑04, which would separate prosecutors' and judges' deadlines for submitting and deciding restitution to avoid victims losing court-ordered payments after conflicting timelines in case law.
Representative Rob Froelich, sponsor of House Bill 13‑04, told the House Judiciary Committee the bill would fix a statutory timing conflict exposed by recent court decisions that has caused some victims to lose the chance to obtain restitution.
The proposal would separate the current overlapping 91‑day deadlines so the prosecution has a fixed period to gather and submit restitution documentation and the court would have a separate period, measured from that submission, to schedule any hearing and enter a final order.
Why it matters: The Colorado Supreme Court in People v. Weeks and subsequent appellate opinions flagged confusion created by parallel statutory deadlines. Witnesses said that when prosecutors submit restitution requests late in the same 91‑day window the court has to act, judges sometimes lack time to hold…
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