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Committee advances bipartisan bill requiring additional warrant checks before transfer to community corrections
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7-0 to advance House Bill 25‑11‑16, which would require additional warrant searches at several points in the Department of Corrections process to reduce last‑minute rearrests and ease transitions to community corrections.
House Bill 25‑11‑16 would require the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) to search for outstanding warrants at additional points in the custody-to-community‑corrections process, sponsors and witnesses told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The measure passed the committee on a 7‑0 vote and was placed on the consent calendar. The bill’s sponsors said the change is a narrow, administrative fix meant to reduce unnecessary rearrests and the cost of transporting inmates when outstanding warrants emerge late in the process.
Senator Peltenaar, a co‑prime sponsor, told the committee the bill grew from a constituent case in which a person was transported from prison to a community corrections site only to be taken back into…
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