---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rights for Victims of Certain Crimes"
description: "For purposes of the 'Victim Rights Act', the act prohibits a defendant or alleged offender in the underlying case from being the 'lawful representative' of a victim or the victim's designee if the victim is a child or an at-risk adult. The act creates new rights for a victim under the 'Victim Rights Act', including the right to:Be notified by the district attorney if the district attorney receives a notice that a crime laboratory employee engaged in a wrongful action that includes a crime against the victim and a notice that an evidentiary hearing on post-conviction petition for relief is held;Request to be referred to by an abbreviation, pseudonym, initials, or another preferred name during hearings; andBe heard at a restitution assessment hearing.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1052"
citation: "Colorado HB 1052 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Corrections", "& Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Woog", "J. Carson", "K. Wallace", "R. Stewart"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 13
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53bff4f9-73ff-49da-8e9e-96f83398d6db"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1052"
source_hash: "4e63d1b65e33f3274918f026d9034a4a1e5511329b9d0a8769a7f0b30b42a4f0"
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 1052 (2026A) — Rights for Victims of Certain Crimes

For purposes of the 'Victim Rights Act', the act prohibits a defendant or alleged offender in the underlying case from being the 'lawful representative' of a victim or the victim's designee if the victim is a child or an at-risk adult. The act creates new rights for a victim under the 'Victim Rights Act', including the right to:Be notified by the district attorney if the district attorney receives a notice that a crime laboratory employee engaged in a wrongful action that includes a crime against the victim and a notice that an evidentiary hearing on post-conviction petition for relief is held;Request to be referred to by an abbreviation, pseudonym, initials, or another preferred name during hearings; andBe heard at a restitution assessment hearing.(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/110824/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114998/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116873/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115082/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115500/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115436/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/117056/download)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 26-1052 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1052, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A), as amended by L.004. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1052, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.006 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment C), which amends L.001. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment B). — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Woog — primary (person)
- J. Carson — primary (person)
- K. Wallace — primary (person)
- R. Stewart — primary (person)
- A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Hartsook — cosponsor (person)
- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- C. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rich — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
- L. Suckla — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Taggart — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- T. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-03** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-06-02** 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`
- **2026-04-22** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-21** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2026-04-21** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** 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/53bff4f9-73ff-49da-8e9e-96f83398d6db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).