SB 72 Colorado 2026A session
Increased Penalty for Vehicular Homicide & Assault
The act clarifies the conduct by which a person can commit criminally negligent homicide to include proximately causing the death of another person while operating or driving a motor vehicle with criminal negligence. The act repeals the class 1 misdemeanor traffic offense of a person being the proximate cause of death to another person while driving a motor vehicle, while clarifying it can be charged as a class 5 felony elsewhere in statute.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Enacted — last recorded action May 28, 2026
Governor Signed
Recorded votes
Refer Senate Bill 26-072 to the Committee of the Whole.
0 yes · 0 no · pass May 11, 2026
Refer Senate Bill 26-072, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
0 yes · 0 no · pass April 6, 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 Signed
- 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 Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
- Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
- Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
- Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
- Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary