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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifications To Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1061"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1061 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adrienne Benavidez", "Judy Amabile", "Julie Gonzales"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-14T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12924d19-a162-4445-bb0a-25a95c884e56"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1061"
source_hash: "bd3cb8aa7086500e8c5aceefe84556976c0e364ef3c5bf8c5c64a23a1cf6faa0"
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 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](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_hb1061_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1061_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1061_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1061_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1061hjud_02.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1061_h_jud_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1061_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1061_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/09/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1061_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1061_signed.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12924d19-a162-4445-bb0a-25a95c884e56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).