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Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
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Feb. 9, 2024 | CO | HB 24-1058 | Expands Colorado Privacy Act to Include Biological and Neural Data as Sensitive | Bill Passed - House (59 - 3) |
April 24, 2019 | CO | SB 19-235 | Expands Automatic Voter Registration System | Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 16) |
March 9, 2020 | CO | HB 20-1307 | Prohibits the "Gay Panic" Murder Defense | Bill Passed - House (45 - 19) |
Feb. 4, 2020 | CO | SB 20-83 | Prohibits Civil Arrests on Courthouse Grounds | Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 13) |
Feb. 11, 2020 | CO | HB 20-1048 | Establishes the CROWN Act | Bill Passed - House (42 - 21) |
March 29, 2021 | CO | HB 21-1011 | Requires Providing Multilingual Ballot Access | Bill Passed - House (40 - 23) |
April 12, 2021 | CO | SB 21-188 | Authorizes a Voter with a Disability to Print the Ballot or Return the Ballot by Electronic Transmission | Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 13) |
April 28, 2022 | CO | HB 22-1367 | Expands Protections for Domestic Workers | Bill Passed - House (40 - 23) |
March 1, 2010 | CO | HB 1201 | Requiring Police to Inform Citizens of Right to Refuse Searches | Bill Passed - House (37 - 28) |
Feb. 9, 2024 | CO | HB 24-1017 | Establishes a Foster Care Bill of Rights | Bill Passed - House (43 - 19) |
April 23, 2013 | CO | HB 1251 | Requires DNA Samples for Misdemeanors | Bill Passed - House (43 - 21) |
Feb. 22, 2011 | CO | HB 1003 | Changes to Voter Identification Requirements | Bill Passed - House (35 - 30) |
March 20, 2012 | CO | HB 1111 | Voter Identification Amendments | Bill Passed - House (33 - 31) |
Feb. 23, 2012 | CO | SB 147 | Prohibits False Information Regarding Election Procedures and Voter Eligibility | Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 16) |
April 27, 2009 | CO | SB 241 | DNA Sampling Upon Felony Arrest | Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 7) |