HB 22-1208

House Bill 22-1208, also known as the Jail Data Collection Clean-up, ensures that jail keepers continue to report inmate information quarterly to a state division. This bill requires including each inmate's age in these reports and allocates funding for the process. The bill has been signed into law, meaning jail data collection will now include ages and will be maintained indefinitely without interruption. This affects anyone involved with or interested in Colorado’s criminal justice system, as it ensures more detailed and consistent reporting of inmate information.

Official Summary

Under existing law, the keeper of a jail is required to submit a quarterly report of inmate information to the division of criminal justice within the department of public safety (division), and the division is required to publish that information in a searchable and sortable format. That requirement is set to repeal on January 31, 2023. The act strikes the repeal. The act requires the inmate information collected to include each inmate's age. For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $4,918 from the general fund and authorizes 0.1 FTE to the department of public safety for use by the division of criminal justice for administrative services. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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