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type: "Bill"
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title: "First Degree Murder Bail & Jury Selection Statute"
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description: "Under current law, all persons have the right to bail pending disposition of charges, with certain exceptions, including an exception for persons charged with capital offenses. The act adds an exception for murder in the first degree when proof is evident or presumption is great."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2024A"
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identifier: "HB 24-1225"
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citation: "Colorado HB 24-1225 (2024A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Mike Lynch", "Monica Duran", "Rhonda Fields"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-02-08T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30c50ad2-9825-4200-9323-cfae67a51c1a"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1225"
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source_hash: "cb538061b0669d24fee5c6ab1da7b1db4b15bc3d41ef5bf718b0e67d20026385"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 24-1225 (2024A) — First Degree Murder Bail & Jury Selection Statute
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Under current law, all persons have the right to bail pending disposition of charges, with certain exceptions, including an exception for persons charged with capital offenses. The act adds an exception for murder in the first degree when proof is evident or presumption is great.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_hb1225_s_jud_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1225_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (04/19/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1225_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (02/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1225_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (02/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1225_h_jud_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (03/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1225_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (03/28/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1225_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (03/27/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1225_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (04/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1225_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **59–5** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
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- Mike Lynch — primary (person)
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- Monica Duran — primary (person)
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- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2024-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2024-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2024-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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- **2024-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2024-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2024-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30c50ad2-9825-4200-9323-cfae67a51c1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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