republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1061.md

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Bill	Modifications To Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity	If the trier of fact finds a defendant not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) for a crime that is not a class 1 or class 2 felony, resulted in another person suffering serious bodily injury or death, involved the defendant using a deadly weapon, or involved felony unlawful sexual behavior, the act authorizes the court, at the request of the defendant, to allow the defendant to remain at liberty or set a hearing to modify the bond and delay final disposition, delay formal entry of the finding of NGRI, and stay the commitment of the defendant to the custody of the department of human services (state department) until the conclusion of the initial release hearing. If the defendant is on bond, the act requires the court to order the state department to conduct a release examination on an outpatient basis.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2022A	HB 22-1061	Colorado HB 22-1061 (2022A)	bill		enacted	Adrienne Benavidez Judy Amabile Julie Gonzales	10	13	2	2022-01-14T07:00:00+00:00	2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/12924d19-a162-4445-bb0a-25a95c884e56	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1061	bd3cb8aa7086500e8c5aceefe84556976c0e364ef3c5bf8c5c64a23a1cf6faa0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 22-1061 (2022A) — Modifications To Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity

If the trier of fact finds a defendant not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) for a crime that is not a class 1 or class 2 felony, resulted in another person suffering serious bodily injury or death, involved the defendant using a deadly weapon, or involved felony unlawful sexual behavior, the act authorizes the court, at the request of the defendant, to allow the defendant to remain at liberty or set a hearing to modify the bond and delay final disposition, delay formal entry of the finding of NGRI, and stay the commitment of the defendant to the custody of the department of human services (state department) until the conclusion of the initial release hearing. If the defendant is on bond, the act requires the court to order the state department to conduct a release examination on an outpatient basis.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (05/05/2022) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/06/2022) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/14/2022) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/18/2022) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (05/05/2022) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (05/06/2022) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (05/10/2022) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (05/09/2022) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (06/08/2022) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 40–25 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 20–15 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Adrienne Benavidez — primary (person)
• Judy Amabile — primary (person)
• Julie Gonzales — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2022-06-06T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-06-06T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2022-06-03T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations introduction
• 2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-02-16T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-01-14T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/12924d19-a162-4445-bb0a-25a95c884e56. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).