SB 5 Colorado 2026A session
Rights Violation in Immigration Enforcement Remedy
The act creates a statutory cause of action for a person who has their federal constitutional rights violated by another person who, acting under color of law, is participating in civil immigration enforcement. A person who violates the United States constitution while participating in civil immigration enforcement and whose conduct was the proximate cause of violating another person's constitutional rights is liable to the person whose rights are violated for legal or equitable relief or any other appropriate relief. The action must be commenced within 2 years after the cause of action accrues. The act appropriates $125,604 to the department of law from the legal services cash fund to provide legal services for the department of personnel.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Vetoed — last recorded action June 3, 2026
Governor Vetoed
Recorded votes
Refer Senate Bill 26-005 to the Committee of the Whole.
0 yes · 0 no · pass May 4, 2026
Refer Senate Bill 26-005 to the Committee on Appropriations.
0 yes · 0 no · pass April 22, 2026
Passage likelihood
Not enough recorded signal to estimate this bill's chances.
State-level impact
State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.
Official actions
- Governor Vetoed
- Signed by the President of the Senate
- Signed by the Speaker of the House
- Sent to the Governor
- House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
- House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations
- Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
- Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/23/2026 - No Amendments
- Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
- Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations
- Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary