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Pueblo staff circulate letter urging amendment to state bill that would bar municipal criminal charges for failures to appear
Summary
Mayor’s chief of staff briefed council on Senate Bill 25-062, which would bar failure-to-appear contempt charges in municipal courts; staff and the mayor recommended opposing the bill as written and seeking an amendment limited to first appearances.
Brian McCain, the mayor’s chief of staff, briefed Pueblo City Council on Feb. 3 about Senate Bill 25-062, legislation introduced by state Senator Nick Henriksen that would prevent a person’s failure to appear from forming the basis of a municipal criminal charge and would prohibit municipal judges from imposing jail sentences for failure to appear.
McCain said the bill also adds failure to appear to the list of state laws that cannot be…
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