SB 13 — Exclude Cohabitation from Elements of Bigamy

SecondSENATE RegularBILL Session26-013 Seventy-fifthBY GeneralSENATOR(S) AssemblyHinrichsen STATEand OFMarchman, COLORADOGonzales REREVISEDJ., ThisJodeh, VersionKipp, IncludesMichaelson AllJenet, AmendmentsSnyder, AdoptedWallace, inWeissman, theColeman; Second House LLS NO.

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rSECTION F1. 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

eIn nColorado 2Revised SECTION1.Statutes, 18-6-201, amend (1) introductory portion and (1.5) introductory portion as follows:

InColoradoRevisedStatutes,18-6-201,amend(1) e 2 E n , A U 1 N i r Shading denotes HOUSE amendment.

Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.

S a u Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.R b Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.

d F 1 introductory portion and (1.5) introductory portion as follows:

4 (1) Any A married person who, while still married, marrORsmarries OR enters into a civil union or cohabitsthiscohabits in this state with another person commitscommitsbigamy,unlessasanaffirmativedefenseitappearsthatatthetime bigamy, unless as an affirmative defense it appears that at the time of the cohabitation,sequentcohabitation,ubsequent marriage or subsequent civil union:

(1.5) Any A person who is a partner in a civil union, while still legallyinlegally in a civil union, who marriesntersmarriesR enters into another civil union or cohabitsinCapital theletters stateor withbold another& personitalic othernumbers thanindicate anew currentmaterial partneradded into aexisting civillaw; union commits bigamy, unless as an affirmative defense it appears that at the time of the cohabitatsubsequent marriage or subsequent civil union:

dashes through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of the act.

cohabits in the state with another person other than a current partner in a civilunioncommitsbigamy,unlessasanaffirmativedefenseitappearsthat at the time of the cohabitation orsubsequent marriage or subsequent civil union:

Asusedinsection18-6-201,"cohabitation"meanstolivetogetherAs used in section 18-6-201, "cohabitation" means to live together under the representation of being married.

on the day following the expiration of the ninety-dayperiodafterfinaladjournmentofthegeneralassembly(Augustninety-dayperiod after final adjournment of the general assembly(August 12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026);

except that, if a referendumreferendumpetitionisfiledpursuanttosection1(3)ofarticleVofthestate petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless approvedapprovedbythepeopleatthegeneralelectiontobeheldinNovember2026 byPAGE the2-SENATE peopleBILL at26-013 the general election to be held in -2- 013 November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.

-3-____________________________ 013____________________________ James Rashad Coleman, Sr.

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

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