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Bill	Modification to Defense of Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity	Current law requires the defense to furnish a copy of any report of examination of the defendant that is made at the instance of the defense to the prosecution in a reasonable amount of time in advance of trial. The act requires a copy of the report to also be furnished to the court who, upon receipt of the copy, shall provide a copy to the department of human services. The act authorizes community placement of a defendant for treatment and rehabilitation. For a defendant who was charged with a crime allegedly committed on or after July 1, 2026, the act clarifies the legal standard for a defendant's conditional or unconditional release from the department. The standard for unconditional release is that the defendant has no abnormal mental condition that would be likely to cause the defendant to be dangerous to the defendant's self or others or to the community in the reasonably foreseeable future, is capable of distinguishing right from wrong, and has substantial capacity to conform their conduct to the law. The standard for conditional release is that the defendant can satisfy the standard for unconditional release but with the imposition of and compliance with conditions. At an unconditional release hearing for a defendant who is on conditional release, if any evidence is introduced that shows the defendant is ineligible for unconditional release, the defendant has the burden of proving that the defendant meets the applicable test for unconditional release.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	SB 14	Colorado SB 14 (2026A)	bill	Courts & Judicial Crimes Corrections & Enforcement Human Services	enacted	G. Rydin J. Amabile M. Soper	7	15	6	2026-01-14	2026-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/7f3cacf3-6597-4ddd-aed8-4c5dbd3d1429	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-014	ed23708f796a5ba10754580ed7282437994ab25fcefaed0f17e8eef84d6dbb4e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 14 (2026A) — Modification to Defense of Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

Current law requires the defense to furnish a copy of any report of examination of the defendant that is made at the instance of the defense to the prosecution in a reasonable amount of time in advance of trial. The act requires a copy of the report to also be furnished to the court who, upon receipt of the copy, shall provide a copy to the department of human services. The act authorizes community placement of a defendant for treatment and rehabilitation. For a defendant who was charged with a crime allegedly committed on or after July 1, 2026, the act clarifies the legal standard for a defendant's conditional or unconditional release from the department. The standard for unconditional release is that the defendant has no abnormal mental condition that would be likely to cause the defendant to be dangerous to the defendant's self or others or to the community in the reasonably foreseeable future, is capable of distinguishing right from wrong, and has substantial capacity to conform their conduct to the law. The standard for conditional release is that the defendant can satisfy the standard for unconditional release but with the imposition of and compliance with conditions. At an unconditional release hearing for a defendant who is on conditional release, if any evidence is introduced that shows the defendant is ineligible for unconditional release, the defendant has the burden of proving that the defendant meets the applicable test for unconditional release.(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) · lower
• Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A) — pass (pass) · upper
• BILL — pass (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer Senate Bill 26-014 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-014, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• G. Rydin — primary (person)
• J. Amabile — primary (person)
• M. Soper — primary (person)
• C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
• J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
• K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
• L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
• M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-04-20 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-04-08 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-04-07 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-07 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-06 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2026-04-02 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-31 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2026-03-30 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
• 2026-03-23 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2026-03-18 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-02-11 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2026-02-10 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-09 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2026-02-04 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7f3cacf3-6597-4ddd-aed8-4c5dbd3d1429. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).