SB 24-027

Senate Bill 24-027 requires the Colorado Department of Public Safety’s Division of Criminal Justice to study how people move through the criminal and juvenile justice systems, including looking at sentences and alternative sentencing programs. The division will hire an outside entity to help with this study and must submit a report on their findings by June 30, 2025, to specific legislative committees. This bill has been signed into law but is still in the early stages of implementation since it was recently introduced in the Senate.

Official Summary

Recidivism Interim Study Committee. The bill requires the division of criminal justice (division) in the department of public safety to conduct a study to examine how individuals proceed through the various stages of criminal and juvenile justice proceedings, including sentences and alternative sentencing programs. The division shall solicit proposals for an entity to assist with the study. The bill requires the division to submit a report of its findings to the joint budget committee and the judiciary committees of the house of representatives and the senate by June 30, 2025. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)