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type: "Bill"
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title: "Department of Corrections Search Court Records Before Offender Release"
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description: "The act requires the department of corrections (department) to search all information available to the department to determine whether an offender held at a correctional facility is subject to an outstanding warrant or if the offender has a pending case in a Colorado court. The department is required to conduct the search when the department conducts the initial comprehensive evaluation of the offender's sentence and 3 to 8 months prior to the offender's community correction eligibility date. The act requires the department to establish guidelines and policies that address requests for additional searches as may be needed by the public defender liaison to the department."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2025A"
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identifier: "HB 25-1116"
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citation: "Colorado HB 25-1116 (2025A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Bacon", "Matt Ball", "Rod Pelton", "Ryan Armagost"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-27T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3f6afcd-ac84-4afd-b6f2-e2c73667b0eb"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1116"
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source_hash: "56c67a8186e97aa6275ece040a4b3561a2927d7da95b00bc9ac53852d046cd59"
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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 25-1116 (2025A) — Department of Corrections Search Court Records Before Offender Release
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The act requires the department of corrections (department) to search all information available to the department to determine whether an offender held at a correctional facility is subject to an outstanding warrant or if the offender has a pending case in a Colorado court. The department is required to conduct the search when the department conducts the initial comprehensive evaluation of the offender's sentence and 3 to 8 months prior to the offender's community correction eligibility date. The act requires the department to establish guidelines and policies that address requests for additional searches as may be needed by the public defender liaison to the department.
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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/2025a_hb1116_s_jud_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/04/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1116_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (04/24/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1116_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/27/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1116_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (02/12/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1116_h_jud_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (03/05/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1116_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (04/10/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1116_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (04/09/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1116_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (04/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1116_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **59–0** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
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- Matt Ball — primary (person)
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- Rod Pelton — primary (person)
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- Ryan Armagost — primary (person)
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- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
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- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
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- P. Lundeen — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2025-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2025-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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- **2025-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
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- **2025-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2025-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-27T07:00:00+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/d3f6afcd-ac84-4afd-b6f2-e2c73667b0eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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