republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1315.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Accurate Documents for Parole Determinations	Risk assessments assess a parolee's criminogenic needs and risk of recidivism and are used to guide parole supervision planning, identify appropriate interventions, and establish parole supervision levels or categories. The act requires the department of corrections (department) to establish a risk assessment quality review team to develop policies and implement practices that determine whether risk assessments are completed accurately and consistently and to ensure a sustained process of review and training. For its 'SMART Act' hearing beginning in 2027, and each year thereafter, the department is required to include information concerning reviewed risk assessments, including findings and measures implemented to mitigate recent high error rates in risk assessments. The act clarifies that risk assessment outputs are criminal justice records for purposes of public inspection. The act prohibits an agreement that prohibits the disclosure of information in a risk assessment output that is subject to disclosure under the law.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	HB 1315	Colorado HB 1315 (2026A)	bill	Crimes Corrections & Enforcement	enacted	C. Espenoza J. Carson M. Soper M. Weissman	7	16	8	2026-03-02	2026-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/52c5d612-fc8a-482f-b5ba-ec9bc25dc9a5	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1315	59d5d5f234d4d0ec44f7210102412d127374138bdc2ff38fecfa7e8c1e7342cf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 1315 (2026A) — Accurate Documents for Parole Determinations

Risk assessments assess a parolee's criminogenic needs and risk of recidivism and are used to guide parole supervision planning, identify appropriate interventions, and establish parole supervision levels or categories. The act requires the department of corrections (department) to establish a risk assessment quality review team to develop policies and implement practices that determine whether risk assessments are completed accurately and consistently and to ensure a sustained process of review and training. For its 'SMART Act' hearing beginning in 2027, and each year thereafter, the department is required to include information concerning reviewed risk assessments, including findings and measures implemented to mitigate recent high error rates in risk assessments. The act clarifies that risk assessment outputs are criminal justice records for purposes of public inspection. The act prohibits an agreement that prohibits the disclosure of information in a risk assessment output that is subject to disclosure under the law.(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
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (committee substitute) — source
4. Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
6. Revised (committee substitute) — source
7. Signed Act (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• REPASS — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer House Bill 26-1315 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1315 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
• CONCUR — pass (pass) · upper
• BILL — pass (pass) · lower
• Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment K), as amended by L.003. — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1315, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment L). — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• C. Espenoza — primary (person)
• J. Carson — primary (person)
• M. Soper — primary (person)
• M. Weissman — primary (person)
• A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
• A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
• C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
• I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
• J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
• J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
• J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
• M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
• M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
• N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
• R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
• R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
• S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
• S. Slaugh — cosponsor (person)
• T. Exum — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-06-01 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-05-08 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-05-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-29 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-05-29 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-05-13 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2026-05-12 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-11 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
• 2026-05-08 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 05/11/2026 - No Amendments
• 2026-05-06 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-04-29 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2026-04-28 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-27 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2026-04-24 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-04-01 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-03-02 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/52c5d612-fc8a-482f-b5ba-ec9bc25dc9a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).