---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offense of Assault"
description: "The act requires a court to sentence a defendant convicted of second degree assault by strangulation in an enhanced range as a crime of violence subject to mandatory incarceration if the defendant has previously been convicted of second degree assault by strangulation. A previous conviction must be set forth in the complaint, indictment, or information for the present act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1290"
citation: "Colorado HB 1290 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Corrections", "& Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Hartsook", "D. Roberts", "L. Frizell", "M. Duran"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-23"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a9885ed-da1c-4923-86f9-ce671fb98e62"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1290"
source_hash: "fe906966c0ad2042b5f473a84a66bd248f56ca122438fde75cb722cb14875ed8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 1290 (2026A) — Criminal Offense of Assault

The act requires a court to sentence a defendant convicted of second degree assault by strangulation in an enhanced range as a crime of violence subject to mandatory incarceration if the defendant has previously been convicted of second degree assault by strangulation. A previous conviction must be set forth in the complaint, indictment, or information for the present act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112528/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114721/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116522/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115027/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115498/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115435/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116746/download)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 26-1290, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1290 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment A). — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Hartsook — primary (person)
- D. Roberts — primary (person)
- L. Frizell — primary (person)
- M. Duran — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Flanell — cosponsor (person)
- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- B. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- C. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- C. Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Woog — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
- L. Zamora Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- S. Slaugh — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-05-27** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-20** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-20** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-30** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-29** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-04-27** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-23** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2026-04-21** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-17** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-16** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2026-03-27** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-03-24** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a9885ed-da1c-4923-86f9-ce671fb98e62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).