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Senate approves ban on added jail time for failing to appear on low-level municipal charges
Summary
The Colorado Senate passed Senate Bill 62, which prevents municipal courts from imposing additional jail time (contempt) solely for failing to appear on low-level municipal offenses; the measure drew debate over local control and public safety before passage.
Senators on the Colorado Senate passed Senate Bill 62 on second reading and final action, adopting a committee report and approving the measure that bars municipal courts from treating failure to appear as a separate contempt offense that carries additional jail time for low-level municipal offenses.
The bill’s sponsor, Senator Wiseman, moved the committee report and framed the legislation as narrowly targeted. Senator Hendrickson said, “What it says is that there cannot be a contempt of court charge for failure to appear.” Hendrickson and other supporters said the practice was being used in a small…
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