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HB 1064STATE · ColoradoIntroduced

Youthful Offender System Updates

Current law establishes the youthful offender system (system) in the department of corrections (department) as a sentencing option that provides a continuum of services. The act:Updates references to the juveniles and young adults who are eligible for or participating in the system;Revises certain legislative intent provisions to emphasize lasting behavioral changes in preparation for reentry, trauma-informed care, addressing criminogenic risk, accountability, healthy relationship building, and system participant and staff safety;Expresses the general assembly's intent that juveniles and young adults with physical, intellectual, mental, or behavioral health disabilities or conditions receive equitable treatment in sentencing to the system and reasonable accommodations once in the system;Adds certain data related to system completion rates to an existing annual reporting requirement for the department;Adds requirements for evidence-informed rehabilitative treatment and life skills programming and for individual therapy, family therapy, or substance use disorder treatment;Establishes requirements for system participant evaluations, plans for addressing participants' needs and skills, and case manager duties;Requires the department, in consultation with relevant experts, to make and publish on its website recommendations for integrating a trauma-informed standard of care with current system practices to promote the health and safety of system participants; andExpands certain procedural protections for system participants with mental or behavioral health conditions or intellectual and developmental disabilities.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Voted: 3/26/2026Source

How representatives voted

54 yea·15 nay·2 other

Action history

  • 3/26/2026Governor Signed
  • 3/19/2026Sent to the Governor
  • 3/19/2026Signed by the President of the Senate
  • 3/18/2026Signed by the Speaker of the House
  • 3/12/2026House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
  • 3/3/2026House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
  • 3/2/2026Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
  • 2/27/2026Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 03/02/2026 - No Amendments
  • 2/26/2026Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor
  • 2/23/2026Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole