republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1309.md

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Bill	Criminal Trial Continuances COVID-19 Pandemic	Under existing law, a criminal defendant must be brought to trial within 6 months after the date of the entry of a plea of not guilty. However, there are circumstances that exclude a period of time when computing the time within which a defendant must be brought to trial. These exclusions extend the length of time within which the defendant must be brought to trial.The act permits the court to exclude a period of delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, not to exceed 6 months if the defendant is not in custody for the case pending a jury trial or not to exceed 3 months if the defendant is in custody for the case pending a jury trial, if certain considerations are satisfied. The court may grant only one continuance due to a period of delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.The judicial department shall collect, report, and publish data concerning each continuance granted because of the COVID-19 pandemic.The act requires the court that orders an exclusion of a period of delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to reconsider bond for an eligible defendant in custody awaiting trial.A court shall not grant a continuance based on a delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on or after 5:01 p.m. on April 29, 2022.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	HB 21-1309	Colorado HB 21-1309 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Bob Gardner Dylan Roberts Pete Lee Terri Carver	9	13	2	2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00	2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/52b5a60f-3608-4fc8-aefe-10f51ff0c00c	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1309	ac3c20b5d6e3ab77d6df0f5b9e2dcc62e43f69d8f637000e91ca6e0bb97450e2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 21-1309 (2021A) — Criminal Trial Continuances COVID-19 Pandemic

Under existing law, a criminal defendant must be brought to trial within 6 months after the date of the entry of a plea of not guilty. However, there are circumstances that exclude a period of time when computing the time within which a defendant must be brought to trial. These exclusions extend the length of time within which the defendant must be brought to trial.The act permits the court to exclude a period of delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, not to exceed 6 months if the defendant is not in custody for the case pending a jury trial or not to exceed 3 months if the defendant is in custody for the case pending a jury trial, if certain considerations are satisfied. The court may grant only one continuance due to a period of delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.The judicial department shall collect, report, and publish data concerning each continuance granted because of the COVID-19 pandemic.The act requires the court that orders an exclusion of a period of delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to reconsider bond for an eligible defendant in custody awaiting trial.A court shall not grant a continuance based on a delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on or after 5:01 p.m. on April 29, 2022.(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. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (06/03/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/14/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (05/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (06/03/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (06/04/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (06/08/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (06/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (06/21/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 51–11 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 32–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bob Gardner — primary (person)
• Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
• Pete Lee — primary (person)
• Terri Carver — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-15T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-14T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-06-14T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
• 2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/52b5a60f-3608-4fc8-aefe-10f51ff0c00c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).