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Colorado bills · 2026 Regular Session

Colorado SB 14

Modification to Defense of Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Cosponsors (11)

Summary

Official abstract published by the Colorado legislature· summary

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.)

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 4:19 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Apr 6, 2026
House		REPASSpassSet your home in Colorado to see
Apr 6, 2026
House		CONCURpassSet your home in Colorado to see
Mar 18, 2026
Senate		Refer Senate Bill 26-014 to the Committee of the Whole.passSet your home in Colorado to see
Feb 10, 2026
House		BILLpassSet your home in Colorado to see
Feb 4, 2026
Senate		Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A)passSet your home in Colorado to see
Feb 4, 2026
Senate		Refer Senate Bill 26-014, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.passSet your home in Colorado to see

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