Prosecution Fellowship Program Changes

Fellowship funds are now provided to rural district attorneys' offices to recruit and hire new deputy district attorneys, rather than being used to place fellows directly into positions.

The program remains limited to law school graduates from the University of Colorado School of Law and the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.

The prosecution fellowship committee now determines which rural district attorneys' offices receive funding, and those offices use the funds for recruitment and hiring.

The bill was renumbered and reorganized for the Seventy-fifth General Assembly, with updated session headers and reading dates.

Corrected spelling errors such as 'Thcrc' to 'There', 'moneys MONEY' to 'moneys', and 'Stunn' to 'Sturm' in the university of Denver law school name.

Fixed capitalization inconsistencies, such as changing 'fellows-are' to 'fellows are' and 'district att-unn..ysi' to 'district attorneys' offices'.

Added a note indicating the bill is prepared for signatures and directing readers to check legislative status for the Governor's action.

Reformatted the bill structure with proper indentation and spacing for the final act version.

The document format changed from a reengrossed bill draft to a signed Act, including the addition of signatures from the Senate President and House Speaker, and the removal of legislative session headers and committee listings.

Added multiple new sponsors to the Senate sponsorship list including Amabile, Baisley, Bridges, Carson, Catlin, Cutter, Daugherty, Exum, Frizell, Jodeh, Kipp, Kirkmeyer, Liston, Lundeen, Marchman, Michaelson Jenet, Mullica, Pelton B., Pelton R., Rich, Rodriguez, and Snyder.

Updated header text from 'ENGROSSED' to 'REENGROSSED' and revised the explanatory note to indicate amendments were adopted in the House of Introduction rather than on Second Reading.

Added date stamp 'February 18, 2025' and 'SENATE' to the document header.

Removed several redundant phrases and formatting inconsistencies from the committee selection and fund distribution language, such as 'EACH ELECTED DISTRICT ATTORNEY MEMBER' and 'THE district attorneys' office locations'.

Deleted the requirement that the Colorado District Attorneys' Council must reallocate remaining fellowship funds to a new fellow or another fellowship if the original recipient leaves the position.

Removed the obligation for recipient offices to return any unused fellowship funding to the council if the position is not filled immediately or no vacant position exists within the award period.

Updated bill status from 'Introduced' to 'Engrossed' and corrected page numbering and formatting throughout the document.