Each entry includes a link to the original "Recommendation Text", its Commission member "Votes", and its implementation "Status", and, where applicable, any "Related Bill" connected to the recommendation. If the "Recommendation Text" link is not available, please see the relevant annual report for the full text of the recommendation.
FY13-BL01 IMPLEMENT EVIDENCE BASED DECISION MAKING PRACTICES AND STANDARDIZED BAIL RELEASE DECISION MAKING GUIDELINES
Implementation Complete
Judicial districts should implement evidence based decision making practices regarding pre-release decisions, including the development and implementation of a standardized bail release decision making process.
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FY13-BL02 DISCOURAGE THE USE OF FINANCIAL BOND FOR PRETRIAL DETAINEES AND REDUCE THE USE OF BONDING SCHEDULES.
Implementation Complete
Limit the use of monetary bonds in the bail decision making process, with the presumption that all pretrial detainees are eligible for pretrial release unless due process hearing is held pursuant to Article 2 Section 19 of the Colorado Constitution and C.R.S. 16-4-101.
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FY13-BL03 EXPAND AND IMPROVE PRETRIAL APPROACHES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN COLORADO
Implementation Complete
Expand and improve pretrial approaches and opportunities in Colorado.
Recommendation Text    Votes    Status    Related Bill   
FY13-BL04 STANDARDIZED JAIL DATA COLLECTION ACROSS ALL COLORADO JURISDICTIONS
Implementation Complete
Implement a standardized data collection instrument in all Colorado jurisdictions and jails that includes, but is not limited to, information on total jail population, index crime, crime class, type of bond, bond amount if any, length of stay, assessed risk level, and the proportion of pretrial, sentenced and hold populations.
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FY13-CCJJ01 CONTINUE THE COLORADO COMMISSION ON CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE JUSTICE BEYOND THE STATUTORY TERMINATE DATE OF JUNE 30, 2013.
Implementation Complete
The critical mission of the Commission--to study and make recommendations that ensure public safety, respect the rights of crime victims, reduce recidivism and that are evidence-based, cost-effective, and sensitive to disproportionate minority overrepresentation - requires ongoing effort. C.R.S. 16-11.3-105 should be amended to remove the termination date.
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FY13-CS01 MODIFY AND EXPAND CRS 18-4-401, THEFT OFFENSES.
Implementation Complete
Reclassify CRS 18-4-401 to expand the sentencing options available for theft crimes. Specifically, reclassify theft CRS 18-4-401 as specified in the following tables. Any cost savings from this recommendation should be reinvested in diversion and justice system programs.
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FY13-CS02 MODIFY AND CONSOLIDATE COLORADO REVISED STATUTE 18-4-401 TO INCREASE CLARITY AND REDUCE DUPLICATION.
Implementation Complete
Modify and consolidate C.R.S. 18-4-401 to increase clarity and reduce duplication. Consolidate theft, theft by receiving, theft of rental property, and fuel piracy. Repeal newspaper theft as an isolated offense.
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FY13-CS03 ELIMINATE COLORADO'S EXTRAORDINARY RISK STATUTE
Partial Implementation
Colorado's Revised Statutes pertaining to Crimes of Violence, Extraordinary Risk Crimes, and Aggravated Ranges are complex, convoluted and often duplicative.  The CCJJ Comprehensive Sentencing Task Force recommends the following changes:
  1. Eliminate Extraordinary Risk (18-1.3-402(10)) and move child abuse (18-6-401(1)(a);(7)(a)(I) and 18-6-401(1)(a);(7)(a)(III) and 2nd and subsequent stalking (18-3-602(3)(b)) to the Crime of Violence Statute (18-1.3-406) and strike 18-3-602(5) as follows:
If, at the time of the offense, there was a temporary r permanent protection order, injunction, or condition of bond, probation, or parole or any other court order in effect against the person prohibiting the behavior described in this section, the person commits a class 4 felony.  In addition, when a violation under this section is committed in connection with a violation of a court order, including but not limited to any protection order or any order that sets forth the conditions of a bond, any sentence imposed for the violation pursuant to this subsection (5) shall run consecutively and not concurrently with any sentence imposed pursuant to this section 18-6-803.5 and with any sentence imposed in a contempt proceeding for violation of the court order.
2. Change Crime of Violence and mandatory minimum (18-1.3-401(8)) ranges to set to the minimum of the presumptive range.
3. The upper end of the sentencing ranges for Crimes of Violence mirrors the current upper end ranges in the statute.
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FY13-CS04 EXPAND THE AVAILABILITY OF ADULT PRETRIAL DIVERSION OPTIONS WITHIN COLORADO'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
Implementation Complete
The Comprehensive Sentencing Task Force recommends enhancing the availability of pretrial diversion options throughout the state, as well as developing appropriate funding alternatives, by:
1. Replacing the existing deferred prosecution statute (C.R.S. 18-1.3-101) with the three statutory sections proposed below.  
2. Amending the Victim's Rights Act to ensure victims are able to provide input to the pretrial diversion decision.
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FY13-DP01 REVISE DRUG SENTENCING CLASSIFICATIONS AND RANGES.
Implementation Complete
The Drug Policy Task Force presents this proposal for a rewrite of the Controlled Substances Act that includes a separate sentencing framework based on a drug crime classification that has four felony offense levels, two misdemeanor offense levels and petty offenses. (Note: the current petty offense level will continue as in current law and is not addressed here.) Each felony offense level includes both a presumptive and aggravated sentencing range, except for the DF1. Each felony level also has a corresponding period of parole that would be a mandatory provision of any prison sentence.
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FY13-DP02 REPLICATE THE SUMMIT VIEW MODEL OF STATE/LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT IN COMMUNITIES.
Cannot Implement
Expand residential treatment capacity by allowing a state funding mechanism to local governments for the capital construction or acquisition of real property for the purposes of providing residential treatment in the community.  Regional collaboration is permitted to expand residential treatment options in rural or otherwise underserved areas.  Clients could include referral from criminal justice, child welfare, other agencies or voluntary admissions. (Summit View, Grand Junction replication).
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FY13-DP03 DEVELOP A JAIL OPTION FOR THE COMPLETION OF SPECIFIC DRUG-RELATED, SHORT PRISON SENTENCES.
Implementation Complete
Request that the Department evaluate the feasibility of allowing defendants sentenced to prison with a relatively short sentence who need substance abuse treatment to serve their prison sentence in the county jail if the jail can provide the appropriate level of substance abuse treatment.  The Sheriff and the DOC would need to both agree to a defendant serving his/her prison sentence in jail. DOC would be responsible to pay for the cost of incarceration at the jail per diem set by the legislature.  
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FY13-DP04 EXPAND IRT AVAILABILITY IN DOC
Implementation Unknown
Encourage the General Assembly to provide funding to the DOC to develop or expand an intensive residential treatment program for inmates who have relatively short sentences who are assessed to need that level of treatment.
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FY13-DP05 EXPAND CIVIL REMEDIES TO PREVENT, INTERVENE IN AND TREAT SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
Implementation Unknown
Allow for expansion of civil remedies (e.g. consumer protection and/or use of public health regulatory authority) as part of building more comprehensive drug policy. Areas related to this proposal include strategies to prevent and effectively intervene in prescription drug abuse/misuse and adopting medical models for detoxification programs.
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FY13-DP06 EXPAND ACCESS TO TRAUMA-INFORMED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
Implementation Unknown
If there are projected cost-savings from legislation reforming the Colorado Controlled Substances Act, the Drug Policy Task Force recommends that the General Assembly prioritize expanding access to trauma-informed treatment services for people with a substance abuse disorder to the extent that is appropriate and available.
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FY13-DP07 ESTABLISH A VIOLATION FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MARIJUANA.
Implementation Complete
Establish rebuttable presumption or permissible inference of intoxication  for driving under the influence of marijuana by establishing that it shall be an unclassified misdemeanor traffic offense for any person to drive a motor vehicle when the person has a level of 5 nanograms of Delta-9 THC/mL whole blood or more at the time of driving or within two hours after driving and to create this permissible inference for all allegations of DUID,  vehicular assault and vehicular homicide.
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FY13-EPIC01 PERMANENTLY FUND EPIC (EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES IMPLEMENTATION FOR CAPACITY) FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUSTAINABILITY AND EXPANSION STATEWIDE
Implementation Complete
The General Assembly should invest in EPIC as an evidence-based initiative that is consistent with the Commission's mandate to focus on "evidence-based recidivism reduction initiatives and the cost-effective expenditure of limited criminal justice funds." Permanent funding ensures the expansion of EPIC statewide, and would expand training to local justice agencies.
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FY13-JJ01 AMEND COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RULES REGARDING AGE RESTRICTIONS FOR THE GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA
Implementation Complete
Amend Colorado Department of Education rules regarding age restrictions for the General Equivalency Diploma.
Request the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) amend its rules (1 CCR 301-2) to permit the General Equivalency Diploma (GED) option be opened for 16 year old juveniles appearing before the court when provided sufficient information to determine it is in the best interest of the youth.
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FY13-JJ02 REVISE THE ENFORCEMENT OF COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE STATUTE
Implementation Complete
Revise the Enforcement of Compulsory School Attendance statute to address issues including the definition of absence, policies and procedures regarding attendance, identification of at-risk students, truancy charges, and parental roles.
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FY13-JJ03 REVISE THE SEX OFFENDER DEREGISTRATION STATUTE TO ALLOW A PERSON WHO COMMITTED AN OFFENSE WHILE UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE TO DEREGISTER AS AN ADULT AFTER SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE TERMS OF THE SENTENCE.
Implementation Complete
Revise the language of the current section of the sex offender deregistration statute 16-22-113 (1)(e) as follows:
 
(e) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION (1.3)(B)(II), if the person was younger than eighteen years of age at the time of disposition or adjudication, THE COMMISSION OF THE OFFENSE, after the successful completion of and discharge from the A JUVENILE sentence OR DISPOSITION, AND if the person prior to such time has not been subsequently convicted of OR HAS A PENDING PROSECUTION FOR, of unlawful sexual behavior or of any other offense, the underlying factual basis of which involved unlawful sexual behavior and the court did not issue an order either continuing the duty to register or discontinuing the duty to register pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection (1.3) of this section. Any person petitioning pursuant to this paragraph (e) may also petition for an order removing his or her name from the sex offender registry. In determining whether to grant the order, the court shall consider whether the person is likely to commit a subsequent offense of or involving unlawful sexual behavior. The court shall base its determination on recommendations from the person's probation or community parole officer, the person's treatment provider, and the prosecuting attorney for the jurisdiction in which the person was tried and on the recommendations included in the person's presentence investigation report. In addition, the court shall consider any written or oral testimony submitted by the victim of the offense for which the petitioner was required to register. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (1), a juvenile who files a petition pursuant to this section may file the petition with the court to which venue is transferred pursuant to section 19-2-105, C.R.S., if any.
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FY13-JJ04 REVISE ESCAPE CHARGES REGARDING SPECIFIC ADJUDICATED JUVENILES NOT CURRENTLY IN CUSTODY IN A STATE-OPERATED FACILITY
Implementation Complete
Revise 18-8-208 Escapes to provide that an adjudicated juvenile who turns 18 while in custody, but is not in custody in a state-operated facility, commits a class 3 misdemeanor rather than a felony if convicted of an escape.
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FY13-MOR01 JUSTICE AGENCIES TO TRACK RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY OF STAFF
Implementation Unknown
All justice agencies should track the racial and ethnic diversity of their staff. Law enforcement agencies, sheriff's offices, prosecutors' offices, the public defender's office, courts, probation, community corrections, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Public Safety, and the Division of Youth Corrections, shall track the racial and ethnic composition of their staffs and report the data to the Division of Criminal Justice on an annual basis. Additionally, every organization should actively recruit minority candidates for both job opportunities and as members of boards and commissions.
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Recommendation YEAR: FY2013