Colorado lawmakers debate bill to make it easier for people to seal their criminal records
Lawmakers consider bill on sealing criminal records.
and last updated 2021-05-11 21:03:30-04
DENVER â A bill to make it easier for defendants to seal their arrest and criminal records has passed through the Colorado House and is on its way to the Senate.
House Bill 1214 would automatically seal arrest records for people who were not charged within a year of being detained starting in 2022.
For people who were detained before 2022, the bill calls for the Colorado Bureau of Investigations to automatically seal the arrest records for felonies with a three-year statute of limitations if no charges were filed and the three years have passed. This would also apply for misdemeanors, petty offenses and more with an 18-month statute of limitations where no charges were filed.
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A bill to create a brand new state agency to oversee apprenticeship programs didnât sit well with many Republicans in the Colorado House on Tuesday.
Although the bill won preliminary approval in that Democratic-controlled chamber, Republicans argued that House Bill 1007 is too expensive and totally unneeded.
Under the bill, a new State Apprenticeship Agency would be created, one designed to be a conduit between existing and new apprenticeship programs and the U.S. Department of Laborâs Office of Apprenticeship. Currently, those programs register directly with the federal government.
The measure also would create a new State Apprenticeship Council and an Interagency Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship to help guide that agency, which would operate under the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
Nobody Wants It : Colorado Home at the Center of Netflix Murder Documentary Hangs in Limbo
Sign In Nobody Wants It : Colorado Home at the Center of Netflix Murder Documentary Hangs in Limbo
Two years after Chris Watts murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters, the Colorado house at the center of the macabre tragedy remains in purgatory.
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The nation was horrified and captivated in 2018 when
Chris Watts murdered his picture-perfect family in Frederick, CO then scrambled to cover his tracks. The case is about to achieve new notoriety thanks to a new Netflix documentary, American Murder: The Family Next Door, which will start streaming on Wednesday. But the home at the center of the macabre tragedy is languishing in its own kind of legal purgatory.
Polis vetoes bill that would allow lieutenant governor candidate to run for two offices simultaneously
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Colorado Governor Jared Polis makes a point about the state s modeling efforts against the coronavirus during a news conference Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
By: Blayke Roznowski
and last updated 2021-05-10 08:54:37-04
DENVER â Gov. Jared Polis signed 17 bills into law Friday, but also vetoed one bill that would allow a candidate running for lieutenant governor to run for another elected position at the same time.
In the veto explanation letter for House Bill 1092, Polis said he recognizes some states allow this, but he doesn t believe it s a practice to be admired.