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Colorado bills · 2026 Regular Session

Colorado SB 72

Increased Penalty for Vehicular Homicide & Assault

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

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Summary

Official abstract published by the Colorado legislature· summary

The act clarifies the conduct by which a person can commit criminally negligent homicide to include proximately causing the death of another person while operating or driving a motor vehicle with criminal negligence. The act repeals the class 1 misdemeanor traffic offense of a person being the proximate cause of death to another person while driving a motor vehicle, while clarifying it can be charged as a class 5 felony elsewhere in statute.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 14, 2026, 12:15 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
May 13, 2026
House		BILLpassSet your home in Colorado to see
May 11, 2026
Senate		Refer Senate Bill 26-072 to the Committee of the Whole.passSet your home in Colorado to see
Apr 6, 2026
Senate		Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A)passSet your home in Colorado to see
Apr 6, 2026
Senate		Refer Senate Bill 26-072, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.passSet your home in Colorado to see

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