HB 20-1009 - Prohibits Landlords from Viewing Eviction Filing Records - Colorado Key Vote
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- March 20, 2020
- Senate Bill Passed
- March 3, 2020
- House Bill Passed
- Jan. 29, 2020
- Introduced
- Jan. 8, 2020
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Stage Details
Title: Prohibits Landlords from Viewing Eviction Filing Records
Signed by Governor Jared Polis
Title: Prohibits Landlords from Viewing Eviction Filing Records
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits landlords from viewing previous eviction filing records except in certain cases.
Highlights:
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Defines “suppressed court record” as a court record that is accessible only to judges, court staff, a party to the case, and if represented, the party’s attorney, authorized judicial department staff, and a person with a valid court order authorizing access (Sec. 1).
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Specifies that when an order granting the plaintiff possession of the premise is entered in an action, then the record is no longer a suppressed court record and the court will make the record available to the public unless both parties in the action agree that the record should remain suppressed (Sec. 1).
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Authorizes the names of parties to be included in a court record but specifies that the court will not for any reason publish the names of the parties online (Sec. 1).
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Establishes that this act will take effect on December 1, 2020 (Sec. 4).
Title: Prohibits Landlords from Viewing Eviction Filing Records
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits landlords from viewing previous eviction filing records except in certain cases.
Highlights:
-
Defines “suppressed court record” as a court record that is accessible only to judges, court staff, a party to the case, and if represented, the party’s attorney, authorized judicial department staff, and a person with a valid court order authorizing access (Sec. 1).
-
Specifies that when an order granting the plaintiff possession of the premise is entered in an action, then the record is no longer a suppressed court record and the court will make the record available to the public unless both parties in the action agree that the record should remain suppressed (Sec. 1).
-
Authorizes the names of parties to be included in a court record but specifies that the court will not for any reason publish the names of the parties online (Sec. 1).
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Establishes that this act will take effect on December 1, 2020 (Sec. 4).
Title: Prohibits Landlords from Viewing Eviction Filing Records
- Jennifer James 'Jeni' Arndt (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Adrienne Benavidez (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Shannon Bird (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Janet P. Buckner (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- James Rashad Coleman (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas 'Tony' Exum Sr. (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Meg Froelich (CO - D)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Matt Gray (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Leslie Herod (CO - D)
- Edie Hooton (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Cathy Kipp (CO - D)
- Tracy Kraft-Tharp (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Susan Lontine (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Julie McCluskie (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jovan Melton (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dafna Michaelson Jenet (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dylan Roberts (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jonathan Singer (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Emily Lipp Sirota (CO - D)
- Tom Sullivan (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Brianna Titone (CO - D)
- Mike Weissman (CO - D)
- Chris deGruy Kennedy (CO - D) (Out Of Office)