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Introduced
01/08/2025
01/08/2025
In Committee
03/07/2025
03/07/2025
Crossed Over
03/19/2025
03/19/2025
Passed
03/19/2025
03/19/2025
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
03/24/2025
03/24/2025
Introduced Session
2025 Regular Session
Bill Summary
CONCERNING JUDICIAL OFFICERS, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
AI Summary
This bill addresses judicial officer allocations across several Colorado judicial districts and county courts, increasing the number of judges in multiple districts and counties, subject to available appropriations. Specifically, the bill incrementally increases judges in the Fourth, Seventh, Thirteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty-Third Judicial Districts between 2025 and 2026, typically adding one judge per district. For county courts, the bill modifies the number of judges in counties including Jefferson, El Paso, Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Pueblo, Larimer, Douglas, La Plata, Mesa, Weld, and Eagle, with some counties seeing increases in 2025 and others in 2026. The bill also allows district judges in Arapahoe County to maintain offices outside the county seat and includes specific provisions like requiring a Boulder County judge to maintain a courtroom in Longmont at least three days per week. To support these changes, the bill appropriates $2,638,326 to the judicial department for 2025-26, covering additional staff (17.5 full-time equivalent positions for trial courts), capital outlay, and infrastructure maintenance, and an additional $621,337 to the office of state public defender to support 6.7 new full-time equivalent positions and related expenses.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (49)
Michael Carter (D)*,
Lisa Frizell (R)*,
Dylan Roberts (D)*,
Matt Soper (R)*,
Judy Amabile (D),
Jennifer Bacon (D),
Matt Ball (D),
Shannon Bird (D),
Andrew Boesenecker (D),
Jeff Bridges (D),
Sean Camacho (D),
Chad Clifford (D),
James Coleman (D),
Lisa Cutter (D),
Lindsey Daugherty (D),
Monica Duran (D),
Cecelia Espenoza (D),
Tony Exum (D),
Lorena García (D),
Julie Gonzales (D),
Ryan Gonzalez (R),
Eliza Hamrick (D),
Nick Hinrichsen (D),
Iman Jodeh (D),
Junie Joseph (D),
Cathy Kipp (D),
Sheila Lieder (D),
Mandy Lindsay (D),
Meghan Lukens (D),
Javier Mabrey (D),
Bob Marshall (D),
Julie McCluskie (D),
Dafna Michaelson Jenet (D),
Kyle Mullica (D),
Jacqueline Phillips (D),
Rose Pugliese (R),
Robert Rodriguez (D),
Manny Rutinel (D),
Cleave Simpson (R),
Emily Sirota (D),
Marc Snyder (D),
Tom Sullivan (D),
Brianna Titone (D),
Alex Valdez (D),
Elizabeth Velasco (D),
Michael Weissman (D),
Jenny Willford (D),
Steven Woodrow (D),
Yara Zokaie (D),
Last Action
Governor Signed (on 03/24/2025)
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