SB 25-155

Senate Bill 25-155 establishes an advisory council focused on issues related to people who are incarcerated. The council will work with a nonprofit organization to identify problems and make recommendations to the state legislature about how to address them. It requires the council to report its findings during annual meetings starting in January 2027, and it sets up a smaller review committee to suggest new bills based on the council's advice. Since the bill has been signed into law, these measures are now official policy in Colorado.

Official Summary

The act creates the legislation inside advisory council (council) to identify, examine, and discuss the issues, interests, and needs affecting people who are incarcerated and to formally advise and make recommendations to the general assembly regarding those issues, interests, and needs. The act: Requires the director of the legislative council to use a request for proposal process to contract with and designate a nonprofit organization to assist the council; Establishes membership requirements of the council; Outlines the duties of the council, including reporting requirements; Requires the council to report during the department of corrections' annual "SMART Act" presentation to the judiciary committees of the senate and house of representatives, or their successor committees, beginning in January of 2027; and Creates an advisory review committee, consisting of 5 voting legislative members and 5 nonvoting council members to meet no more than 3 times during the interim and recommend no more than 3 bills during each interim.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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