Colorado 2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 2 R · 1 D cosponsors

SB 75 — Trafficking & Commercial Sexual Activity Offenses

Last action — Senate Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced January 28, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Advancing 60% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

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  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 5 sponsors

    5 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (2 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill modifies sentencing for human trafficking and related offenses.

The bill changes how courts sentence individuals convicted of human trafficking offenses, requiring specific terms in state corrections. It also updates terminology around child prostitution to 'commercial sexual activity' and alters bond consideration criteria.

What this means for you
  • Workers: This means that workers that might be involved in human trafficking cases may see changes in how offenders are sentenced.

Summary

The bill removes human trafficking for involuntary servitude and human trafficking for sexual servitude (human trafficking offenses) from the list of crimes of violence that are subject to enhanced sentencing if they involve the use, or possession and threatened use of, a deadly weapon or the infliction of serious bodily injury or death. Instead, the bill requires a court to sentence a person convicted of a human trafficking offense or a related attempt or conspiracy to the department of corrections for a term of at least the midpoint, but not more than twice the maximum, of the presumptive range authorized for the applicable offense. It clarifies that a class 3 felony human trafficking offense is also subject to sentencing modifications that are permitted under current law for crimes that present an extraordinary risk of harm to society.The bill subjects a person convicted of the following to enhanced sentencing:Pimping, if the victim is an at-risk person; andHuman trafficking for involuntary servitude, or human trafficking for sexual servitude, if the victim is an at-risk adult.The bill adds the source of money posted to satisfy a monetary condition of release, including the likelihood that the money is derived from criminal activity, to the list of criteria a court may consider in making a determination of the type of bond and conditions of release.The bill changes terminology related to child prostitution to commercial sexual activity in the crimes of soliciting for child prostitution, pandering of a child, keeping a place of child prostitution, pimping a child, inducement of child prostitution, and patronizing a prostituted child, including changing the name of the offenses for soliciting for child prostitution, keeping a place of child prostitution, inducement of child prostitution, and patronizing a prostituted child.In the crime of soliciting for commercial sexual activity with a child, the bill adds soliciting a child for commercial sexual activity as a means of committing the offense and requires that when arranging or offering to arrange a meeting, the offender must know that the meeting will facilitate commercial sexual activity with a child.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Bill Text

  • Introduced View text Current pdf January 28, 2026

Action History

  1. Senate Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed

  2. Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations

  3. Senate Committee on Judiciary Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed

  4. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary

Sponsors

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5 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 96 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (5)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (96)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 75 do?
The bill removes human trafficking for involuntary servitude and human trafficking for sexual servitude (human trafficking offenses) from the list of crimes of violence that are subject to enhanced sentencing if they involve the use, or possession and threatened use of, a deadly weapon or the infliction of serious bodily injury or death. Instead, the bill requires a court to sentence a person convicted of a human trafficking offense or a related attempt or conspiracy to the department of corrections for a term of at least the midpoint, but not more than twice the maximum, of the presumptive range authorized for the applicable offense. It clarifies that a class 3 felony human trafficking offense is also subject to sentencing modifications that are permitted under current law for crimes that present an extraordinary risk of harm to society.The bill subjects a person convicted of the following to enhanced sentencing:Pimping, if the victim is an at-risk person; andHuman trafficking for involuntary servitude, or human trafficking for sexual servitude, if the victim is an at-risk adult.The bill adds the source of money posted to satisfy a monetary condition of release, including the likelihood that the money is derived from criminal activity, to the list of criteria a court may consider in making a determination of the type of bond and conditions of release.The bill changes terminology related to child prostitution to commercial sexual activity in the crimes of soliciting for child prostitution, pandering of a child, keeping a place of child prostitution, pimping a child, inducement of child prostitution, and patronizing a prostituted child, including changing the name of the offenses for soliciting for child prostitution, keeping a place of child prostitution, inducement of child prostitution, and patronizing a prostituted child.In the crime of soliciting for commercial sexual activity with a child, the bill adds soliciting a child for commercial sexual activity as a means of committing the offense and requires that when arranging or offering to arrange a meeting, the offender must know that the meeting will facilitate commercial sexual activity with a child.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Who sponsors SB 75?
SB 75 is sponsored by T. Winter, M. Duran, John Carson (Republican), Byron Pelton (Republican), and Dylan Roberts (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 75?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced January 28, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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