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Senate adopts measure to send childhood-abuse constitutional amendment to voters after emotional testimony
Summary
The Colorado Senate voted April 23 to send a constitutional amendment to the ballot that would allow lawmakers to enact laws permitting civil claims for survivors of childhood sexual abuse irrespective of when the abuse occurred.
The Colorado Senate on April 23 adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 2, a measure sending to voters a proposed amendment to the Colorado Constitution that would allow the General Assembly to pass laws enabling survivors of childhood sexual abuse to bring civil claims regardless of when the abuse occurred.
Senator Danielson, one of the measure’s floor sponsors, told colleagues that the measure responds to a 2021 law intended to give survivors access to civil claims but later blocked by the Colorado Supreme Court on constitutional grounds. “We come to…
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