HB 1103 — Report Child Sexual Assault & Courtroom Testimony

SecondNOTE: Regular Session Seventy-fifth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REREVISED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the Second House LLS NO.

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e A required to collaborate with the child advocacy center in requesting a forensic interview for the alleged child victim.

The bill creates a rebuttable presumption that a witness who is a childorapersonwhohasanintellectualanddevelopmentaldisabilitywill suffer serious emotional distress or trauma from courtroom testimony when the defendant is present.

SECTION1.SECTION 1.

Legislativedeclaration.(1)Legislative Thegeneralassemblydeclaration. finds and declares that:

(a)(1) ThisThe actgeneral seeksassembly tofinds provide further pathways for justice and healingdeclares forthat: child victims and does not usurp or otherwise interfere with the current mandatory reporting structure;

and(a) (b)Thisactseekstoprovidefurtherpathwaysforjusticeandhealing This act does not impose a required timeline for an investigation, or for a forensic interview to be completed, but instead ensures that a child victimvictims receivesand professionaldoes carenot asusurp earlyor asotherwise isinterfere feasiblewith afterthe ancurrent allegationmandatory ofreporting sexualstructure; abuse.

and (b) Thisactdoesnotimposearequiredtimelineforaninvestigation, or for a forensic interview to be completed, but instead ensures that a child victim receives professional care as early as is feasible after an allegation 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.

of sexual abuse.

(1) WHENW ALOCALLAWENFORCEMENTHEN AGENCYA ,THELOCAL COLORADOLAW STATEENFORCEMENT PATROLAGENCY ,OR,THE THE C OLORADO BUREAUSTATE OFPATROL INVESTIGATION,ORTHE ,ORC AOLORADOBUREAUOFINVESTIGATION PEACEORAPEACE OFFICER THEREOF ,TAKES, TAKES A REPORT ALLEGING ANOFFENSEAN OFFENSE LISTED IN SECTION 18-3-411 (1)AND CONDUCTS A MINIMAL FACTS INTERVIEW WITH THE ALLEGED VICTIM ,THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITY OR PEACE OFFICER SHALL ,WITHIN ONE WEEK AFTER CONDUCTING THE MINIMAL FACTS INTERVIEW ,NOTIFY THE FOLLOWING OF THE ALLEGATION :

(a) ACHILDA CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER LOCATED WITHIN THE JUDICIAL -2- 1103 DISTRICT WHERE THE ALLEGED CRIME OCCURRED;OROCCURRED ;OR (b) FTHEALLEGEDOFFENSEOCCURREDINAJURISDICTIONOTHERIF THAN THE JURISDICTIONALLEGED INOFFENSE WHICHOCCURRED ITIN WASA REPORTEDJURISDICTION ,OTHER THETHANTHEJURISDICTIONINWHICHITWASREPORTED CHILD,THECHILDADVOCACY ADVOCACY CENTER IN THE APPROPRIATE JURISDICTIO,ASJURISDICTION ,AS DETERMINED BYTHEBY RECEIVINGLAWENFORCEMENTTHE ENTITYORPEACERECEIVING LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITY OR PEACE OFFICER .NALL.N ALL CASES,A LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITY OR PEACE OFFICER SHALL NOTIFY A CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER WITHIN THE STATE.STATE .

(2) AALAWENFORCEMENTENTITYORPEACEOFFICERSHALLINCLUDE LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITY OR PEACE OFFICER SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WHEN NOTIFYING A CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER REGARDING AN ALLEGATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION:SECTION :

(a) THE CHIL'SCHILD'S NAME;

(b) THET CHILDSHE CHILD S FAMILY MEMBER OR GUARDIAN S'S CONTACT INFORMATION ;

(c) THE ALLEGED OFFENDERSOFFENDER S NAME ;

(d) THE APPROXIMATE DATE OF THE ALLEGED OFFENS;ANDOFFENSE ;AND (e) ASUMMARYA SUMMARY OF THE ALLEGED INCIDENT .

(3)PAGE F2-HOUSE EXTENUATINGBILL CIRCUMSTANCES26-1103 EXIST(3) THATFEXTENUATINGCIRCUMSTANCESEXISTTHATPROHIBITTHELAW PROHIBIT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITY OR PEACE OFFICER FROM NOTIFYING THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE ALLEGATION WITHIN ONE WEEK ,THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITY OR PEACE OFFICER MUST PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES TO THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER WHEN THE ENTITY OR OFFICER REPORTS THE ALLEGATION .

(4)A(4) LOCALLAWENFORCEMENTA LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY ,THECOLORADOSTATE,THE C OLORADO STATE PATROL ,OR THE COLORADOC OLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ,OR A PEACE OFFICERTHEREOFOFFICER SHALLTHEREOF INCOLLABORATIONWITHTHECHILDADVOCACY,SHALL,IN -3-COLLABORATION 1103WITH CENTER THAT THE LAWCHILD ENFORCEMENTADVOCACY ENTITYCENTERTHATTHELAWENFORCEMENTENTITYORPEACEOFFICERREPORTED ORTHE PEACEALLEGEDOFFENSE OFFICERTO REPORTEDTHEALLEGEDOFFENSETO,COORDINATE ,COORDINATEAFORENSICINTERVIEWA PURSUANTFORENSICINTERVIEWPURSUANT TOTHETOTHEREQUIREMENTSSETFORTHINSECTION REQUIREMENTS19-3-308.5FORTHEALLEGED SETVICTIM, FORTH IN SECTION19-3-308.5FOR THE ALLEGED VICTIM , IF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITY OR PEACE OFFICER DEEMS A FORENSIC INTERVIEW NECESSARY AND APPROPRIAT.APPROPRIATE .

(5) ASA S USED IN THIS SECTI,UNLESSSECTION,UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES,REQUIRES , "MINIMAL FACTS INTERVIEW " MEANS A SHORT , LIMITED CONVERSATIONCONVERSATIONWITHACHILDCONDUCTEDBYALAWENFORCEMENTOFFICER WITHINTHE AFIELDTOGATHERBASICFACTSNECESSARYTODETERMINEWHETHER CHILD CONDUCTED BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERINTHEFIELDTOGATHERBASICFACTSNECESSARYTODETERMINE WHETHER ABUSE OR NEGLECT MAY HAVE OCCURRED ,ASSESS, ASSESS IMMEDIATE SAFETY CONCERNS , AND DECIDE WHETHER A FORENSIC INTERVIEW OR FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS NEEDE.NEEDED.

UseUseofclosed-circuittelevision-childorwitnesswith of closed-circuit television - child or witness with intellectual and developmental disabilities - definition.

(1) (a) When a witness at the time of a trial is a child less than twelve UNDER EIGHTEEN years of ageOLDage,OLD or is a person who has an intellectualintellectualanddevelopmentaldisabilityasdefinedinsection25.5-10-202, andC.R.S.,thecourtmay,uponmotionofapartyoruponitsownmotion,order developmentalthatthewitness'stestimonybetakeninaroomotherthanthecourtroomand disability as defined in section 25.5-10-202, C.R.S.,he court may, upon motion of a party or upon its own motion, order that the witness's testimony be taken in a room other than the courtroom and be televised by closed-circuit television in the courtroom if:

such that the witness would PAGE 3-HOUSE BILL 26-1103 not be able to reasonablycommunicHEreasonably TRIALCOURTcommunicate -4-THE 1103TRIAL COURT SHALL MAKE FINDINGSFINDINGSONTHERECORDREGARDINGTHEWITNESS ON'SABILITYTOTESTIFYIN THE RECORD REGARDING THE WITNESS 'S ABILITY TO TESTIFY IN THE COURTROOM AND IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DEFENDANT ;

and (6) A S USED IN THIS SECTI,UNLESSSECTION,UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES ,CLOSED, -CIRCUITTELEVISION"MEANSADIRECTCLOSED -CIRCUIT TELEVISION"MEANS A DIRECT ,CLOSED LOOP-LOOP AUDIOANDVIDEOTRANSMISSIONSYSTEMTHATALLOWSPRIVATEVIEWINGAUDIO AND VIDEO TRANSMISSION SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS PRIVATE VIEWING AND IS NOT PUBLICLY BROADCAST ,AND MAY INCLUDE THE USE OFOTHEROF OTHER DIGITAL OR WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES .

The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservationofthepublicpeace,health,orsafetyorforappropriationsforpreservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for PAGE 4-HOUSE BILL 26-1103 the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state institutions.

-5-____________________________ 1103____________________________ Julie McCluskie James Rashad Coleman, Sr.

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE ____________________________ ____________________________ Vanessa Reilly Esther van Mourik CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE SECRETARY OF OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE APPROVED________________________________________ (Date and Time) _________________________________________ Jared S.

Polis GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO PAGE 5-HOUSE BILL 26-1103