Colorado Survivor Justice Act

SENATE BILL 26-124

BY SENATOR(S) Wallace, Benavidez, Exum, Gonzales J., Jodeh, Kipp, Kolker, Marchman, Snyder, Weissman, Coleman; also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Stewart R., Boesenecker, Duran, Garcia, Jackson,Lindsay,Mabrey,Nguyen.

CONCERNING INFORMATION RELATED TO THE AUTOMATED PROTECTION ORDER NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-33.5-539, amend (3)(d), (3)(e), and (4); and repeal (3)(t) as follows: 24-33.5-539. Automated protection order notification system definitions. (3) The automated protection order notification system must include, but is not limited to, the following information, if available: (d) Whether an extreme risk protection order was issued against the restrained person pursuant to article 14.5 of title 13, and if so, the date the extreme risk protection order was served or was attempted to be served;

Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of the act.

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( e) Whether the restrained person applied for and was denied the purchase or transfer of a firearm as the result of a background check. and ( f) Vlhether the I est1 ained pet son eotnpleted and submitted a fit eat m pm ehase 01 t1 ansfet application that indicated the I est1 ained pet son was ineligible to possess a firea1m pmsuant to state 01 federnl law. (4) The Colorado bureau of investigation in the division DEPARTMENT AND THE COLORADO INTEGRATED CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM PROGRAM CREATED IN SECTION 16-20.5-103 shall make the information described in subsection (3) of this section available to the division for the purpose of providing the information to a protected person, the protected person's immediate family, or other interested persons pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.

SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August 12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026); except that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless

approved by the people at the general election to be held in November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.

Julie McCluskie SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

James Rashad Coleman, Sr. PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE

Vanessa Reilly CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Esther van Mourik SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

APPROVED on Thursday May 21st 2026 at 11:30am (Date and Time)

Jared S. Polis GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO