| 1 | 1 | | First Regular Session |
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| 2 | 2 | | Seventy-fifth General Assembly |
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| 3 | 3 | | STATE OF COLORADO |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCED |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | LLS NO. 25-0823.01 Jacob Baus x2173 |
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| 8 | 8 | | HOUSE BILL 25-1243 |
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| 9 | 9 | | House Committees Senate Committees |
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| 10 | 10 | | Judiciary |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT |
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| 12 | 12 | | C |
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| 13 | 13 | | ONCERNING MEASURES RELATED TO PROHIBITING A PEACE OFFICER101 |
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| 14 | 14 | | FROM ASKING A PERSON DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IF THE PERSON102 |
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| 15 | 15 | | KNOWS THE REASON FOR THE TRAFFIC STOP . 103 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Bill Summary |
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| 17 | 17 | | (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does |
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| 18 | 18 | | not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill |
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| 19 | 19 | | passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that |
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| 20 | 20 | | applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at |
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| 21 | 21 | | http://leg.colorado.gov |
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| 22 | 22 | | .) |
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| 23 | 23 | | The bill prohibits a peace officer from asking a driver or passenger |
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| 24 | 24 | | if they know the reason for the traffic stop, and requires the peace officer |
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| 25 | 25 | | to inform the driver of the reason for the traffic stop unless it is |
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| 26 | 26 | | unreasonable under the totality of the circumstances. |
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| 27 | 27 | | A peace officer's failure to comply with the bill is not grounds for |
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| 28 | 28 | | HOUSE SPONSORSHIP |
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| 29 | 29 | | Lindsay, |
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| 30 | 30 | | SENATE SPONSORSHIP |
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| 31 | 31 | | Winter F., |
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| 32 | 32 | | Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. |
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| 33 | 33 | | Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law. |
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| 34 | 34 | | Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. exclusion of evidence or dismissal of a charge. |
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| 35 | 35 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1 |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 42-4-1704.5 as2 |
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| 37 | 37 | | follows:3 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 42-4-1704.5. Peace officer questioning during a traffic stop.4 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) A |
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| 40 | 40 | | PEACE OFFICER WHO IS MAKING A TRAFFIC STOP SHALL NOT ASK THE5 |
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| 41 | 41 | | VEHICLE OPERATOR OR A PASSENGER IF THE VEHICLE OPERATOR OR6 |
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| 42 | 42 | | PASSENGER KNOWS THE REASON FOR THE TRAFFIC STOP .7 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) A |
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| 44 | 44 | | PEACE OFFICER WHO IS MAKING A TRAFFIC STOP SHALL8 |
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| 45 | 45 | | INFORM THE VEHICLE OPERATOR OF THE REASON OR REASONS FOR THE9 |
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| 46 | 46 | | TRAFFIC STOP, UNLESS INFORMING THE OPERATOR OF THE REASON OR10 |
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| 47 | 47 | | REASONS FOR THE TRAFFIC STOP WOULD BE UNREASONABLE UNDER THE11 |
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| 48 | 48 | | TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES .12 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) A |
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| 50 | 50 | | PEACE OFFICER'S FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION IS13 |
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| 51 | 51 | | NOT GROUNDS FOR THE EXCLUSION OF EVIDENCE OR DISMISSAL OF A14 |
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| 52 | 52 | | CHARGE.15 |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,16 |
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| 54 | 54 | | determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate17 |
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| 55 | 55 | | preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for18 |
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| 56 | 56 | | the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state19 |
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| 57 | 57 | | institutions.20 |
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| 58 | 58 | | HB25-1243-2- |
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