First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 25-1056.01 Owen Hatch x2698
SENATE BILL 25-298
Senate Committees House Committees
Judiciary
A BILL FOR AN ACT
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ONCERNING REMOVING THE TERM "HOMOSEXUALITY " FROM THE101
DEFINITION OF SEXUAL CONDUCT IN THE "COLORADO102
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RIMINAL CODE".103
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov
.)
The bill removes the term "homosexuality" from the definition of
sexual conduct in the "Colorado Criminal Code".
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Daugherty and Lundeen,
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Lindsay and Lukens,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 18-7-501, amend (5)2
as follows:3
18-7-501. Definitions. As used in this part 5, unless the context4
otherwise requires:5
(5) "Sexual conduct" means actual or explicitly simulated acts of6
masturbation, homosexuality, sexual intercourse, sodomy, or physical7
contact in an act of apparent sexual stimulation or gratification with a8
person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or, if such be9
female, breast.10
SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,11
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate12
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for13
the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state14
institutions.15
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