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House updates statutes on insanity defense and sanity examinations; bill passes on third reading
Summary
House Bill 1058, a broadly framed statutory update to the affirmative defense of not guilty by reason of insanity and related custody during sanity examinations, passed the House on third reading 56-6 with three excused members.
House Bill 1058 passed the Colorado House on third reading and final passage by a vote of 56-6 with three excused members.
The bill was presented as a modernization and cleanup of long-standing statutory language governing the affirmative defense of not guilty by reason of insanity. Floor sponsor Representative Soper described the measure as reflecting work of the Committee on the Treatment of Persons with Behavioral Health Disorders in the Criminal Justice and Juvenile Justice System and as needed to align statute with case law,…
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