SB 26-72

Senate Bill 26-72 increases penalties for vehicular homicide and assault in Colorado. It makes it a more serious crime if someone causes a fatal accident while using a phone or another electronic device while driving. The bill also adds these offenses to the list of crimes considered violent. Since the bill has been signed, it is now law and will affect anyone who commits such an offense from this point onward.

Official Summary

The bill clarifies the conduct by which a person can commit criminally negligent homicide to include proximately causing the death of another person while operating or driving a motor vehicle with criminal negligence. The bill increases the penalty for causing the death of another person while simultaneously driving a motor vehicle and using an electronic mobile device. Offenses categorized as vehicular homicide or vehicular assault are added to the list of crimes of violence.(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

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