Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Crime Victims Rights Week topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Colorado House recognizes National Crime Victims' Rights Week
Summary
The Colorado House adopted House Joint Resolution 10‑25 recognizing the week of April 6–12, 2025, as National Crime Victims' Rights Week in Colorado; the measure passed unanimously among members voting.
The Colorado House of Representatives adopted House Joint Resolution 10‑25 on Monday recognizing the week of April 6–12, 2025, as National Crime Victims' Rights Week in Colorado.
The resolution, read on the floor and supported by Majority Leader and other sponsors, cites national and state data on victimization and the Colorado Victims' Rights Amendment. It calls on Coloradans to honor crime victims and the organizations that serve them and to strengthen support for survivors.
Representative Froelich, a co-prime sponsor, described the week's theme and the bipartisan work on related legislation: “This year's National Crime Victims Week theme is kinship,” she said, and framed kinship as “a family of survivors where advocacy can really begin.” She added that legislative work already passed or underway aims to improve support for survivors and urged the House to vote aye.
House staff opened the voting machine and members recorded their votes. The clerk announced, “With 59 I's, 0 no, and 6 excused, House Joint Resolution 10 25 is adopted.”
The resolution text notes the 30th anniversary of Colorado's Victims' Rights Amendment, adopted by voters on Nov. 3, 1992, and references the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics findings quoted in the resolution. The House also asked victims, survivors and advocates present on the floor and in the galleries to stand and be recognized during the roll call and remarks.
The resolution is ceremonial and declaratory; it does not create a new program or appropriate funds.
