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Judiciary committee narrows habitual-offender language, advances SB 189 to appropriations with 6-1 vote
Summary
The Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee adopted two amendments to clarify procedures for habitual-offender determinations and forwarded Senate Bill 189 to the Appropriations Committee on a 6–1 vote after debate about due-process and evidentiary protections.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on (date not specified) adopted two amendments to Senate Bill 189 that remove a contested statutory subsection and change how habitual-offender determinations are characterized, and then moved the bill to the Committee on Appropriations with a favorable recommendation on a 6–1 vote.
Supporters said the amendments strike a provision requested by stakeholders and reframe a contested procedural term to avoid triggering unnecessary evidentiary rules. Senator Snyder urged passage, saying the committee should put the compromise before the courts: “So I would ask…
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