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Senate advances changes to rural prosecution fellowship program to aid hiring
Summary
Senate Bill 67, amending an existing rural prosecution fellowship to better serve district attorney offices across rural Colorado, passed second reading and was ordered engrossed Feb. 14, 2025.
Senate Bill 67, intended to modify Colorado’s prosecution fellowship program to better support rural district attorney offices, passed second reading and was ordered engrossed on Feb. 14, 2025.
Senator Simpson moved the bill and described it as a modernization of a program that helps rural prosecutors. Senator Roberts said rural district attorney offices are struggling to hire and retain attorneys and that this bill takes an existing fund and program and makes adjustments to make it more useful across rural Colorado. "Bridal district attorney's offices are struggling very much to hire attorneys and retain attorneys," Roberts said (transcript reference corrected to "rural district attorney offices").
The bill was discussed briefly on the floor and adopted on second reading; the committee-of-the-whole report lists Senate Bill 67 as passed on second reading and placed on the calendar for third reading and final passage. The committee-of-the-whole adoption of multiple bills was recorded in the transcript with a roll-call-like statement to reflect passage and placement on the third-reading calendar.
Sponsors said the measure builds on an existing fellowship that places newly trained prosecutors in rural offices and updates program elements to improve recruitment and retention. The bill will now be considered on third reading for final passage.
