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Littleton council adopts emergency ordinance to align municipal sentencing limits with state law
Summary
The Littleton City Council unanimously approved an emergency ordinance on Jan. 6, 2026, adding language to the municipal code that makes state-law maximum sentences controlling where municipal and state offenses are identical, after Colorado Supreme Court rulings prompted the change.
The Littleton City Council on Jan. 6 adopted an emergency ordinance to ensure municipal sentencing limits do not exceed corresponding Colorado state-law maxima, a change city attorneys said was required after recent Colorado Supreme Court decisions.
City Attorney (unnamed in the transcript) told the council the ordinance — Ordinance 02 of 2026 — would repeal and reenact Title 1, Chapter 4 (general penalty) so that “whenever there exists a non felony criminal violation where the prohibited conduct is identical to a corresponding charge in Colorado state law, the max sentence at Colorado state law shall control.” The city…
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