Fairness & Transparency in Municipal Court

Added findings explaining that municipal courts can sentence defendants to up to 364 days in jail for poverty-related crimes, while state courts cap such sentences at 10 days under Senate Bill 21-271.

Added declarations stating that sentencing disparities between municipal and state courts create a two-tiered justice system that violates Colorado values and legal standards.

Added a provision allowing municipalities to revise domestic violence ordinances by April 1, 2026, to ensure adequate victim protection and consistent sentencing practices.

Removed Senate sponsorship names (Amabile and Weissman, Gonzales J., Hinrichsen, Ball, Cutter, Exum, Jodeh, Kipp, Michaelson Jenet, Sullivan, Wallace) and changed document status from 'Rerevised' to 'Revised'.

Updated bill status from 'PREAMENDED' to 'REREVISED' to reflect adoption of all amendments in the Second House.

Added new co-sponsors to both House and Senate sponsorship lists.

Updated reading dates and committee information to reflect the bill's progression through the legislative process.

Added new legislative declaration subsection (1)(2) stating the need to end sentencing disparities between state and municipal courts to ensure equal treatment under the law for all Coloradans.

Modified the exceptions for remote court observation by adding subsection (3.5)(a)(III.5) to address temporary or intermittent internet or technology issues, and added subsection (3.5)(g.5) to prohibit courts from adopting blanket rules that prevent remote observation for any categories of cases.

Added new subsection (3.5)(h) stating that the exceptions to remote observation rules do not apply to court proceedings in which the defendant is in custody.

Formatting and structural reorganization of the bill text, including changes in indentation and section ordering, without substantive policy modifications.

Added additional sponsors (Marshall, Ricks for House; Ball, Cutter, Exum, Jodeh, Kipp, Michaelson Jenet, Sullivan, Wallace for Senate) and updated committee assignments to reflect current legislative leadership.

Removed old formatting notes and replaced with updated legislative markup conventions that indicate new material and deletions more clearly.

Reorganized the bill structure to use the standard 'Be it enacted' format rather than the older 'A BILL FOR AN ACT' format, which is a procedural change with no policy impact.

Added seven new co-sponsors to the House sponsorship list: Brown, English, Espenoza, Froelich, Jackson, Lindsay, and Sirota.

Updated the bill summary header to indicate this is the 'Reengrossed' version with amendments adopted in the House of Introduction, and added a note that a new summary for the reengrossed version will be available online.

Added a legislative declaration section explaining that sentencing disparities between state and municipal courts create a two-tiered justice system and must be addressed to ensure equal treatment under the law.

Changed the exception for remote court viewing from 'internet issues' to 'temporary or intermittent internet or technology issues' to clarify that only temporary problems justify limiting remote observation.

Clarified that courts cannot adopt blanket rules prohibiting remote observation for entire categories of cases; exceptions must be case-specific and fact-specific.

Updated language to specify that exceptions for remote observation do not apply when the defendant is in custody, ensuring in-custody defendants can still be observed remotely.