Colorado 2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 20-059 — Sexual Assault On A Student By An Educator

Last action — House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Under current law, a secondary school teacher who has sexual contact with a student who is 18 years of age or older may not have committed a crime. The bill provides that a person who subjects a student at the secondary school at which the person is an educator to sexual contact commits the crime of sexual assault on a student by an educator. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

22 added · 18 removed

Plain-language change summary

The changes in the bill SB 20-059 involve updates to the text regarding the adoption of amendments and the reengrossed version of the bill. The language clarifies that the current version includes all amendments adopted in the House of Introduction and specifies that if the bill passes the third reading, a summary will be available online. These modifications ensure that stakeholders are aware that the latest version reflects all changes made during the legislative process.

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Second Regular Session Seventy-second General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO ENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted on Second Reading in the House of Introduction LLS NO.
Second Regular Session Seventy-second General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the House of Introduction LLS NO.
20-0166.01 Jerry Barry x4341 SENATE BILL 20-059 SENATE SPONSORSHIP Hisey, HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Larson, Senate Committees House Committees Judiciary Appropriations A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNING SEXUAL CONTACT BETWEEN A STUDENT AND AN EDUCATOR IN VIOLATION OF THE PUBLIC TRUST .
20-0166.01 Jerry Barry x4341 SENATE BILL 20-059 SENATE SPONSORSHIP Hisey, Cooke, Crowder, Gardner, Lundeen, Priola, Rankin, Smallwood, Tate, Woodward HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Larson, Senate Committees House Committees Judiciary Appropriations A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNING SEXUAL CONTACT BETWEEN A STUDENT AND AN EDUCATOR IN VIOLATION OF THE PUBLIC TRUST .
This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does notreflectanyamendmentsthatmaybesubsequentlyadopted.Ifthisbill passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at http://leg.colorado.gov.) Under current law, a secondary school teacher who has sexual contact with a student who is 18 years of age or older may not have committedacrime.Thebillprovidesthatapersonwhosubjectsastudent attheschoolatwhichthepersonisaneducatortosexualcontactcommits n the crime of sexual assault on a student by an educator.
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d 2 e 2 T d 7 N 2 y Shading denotes HOUSE amendment.
d 0 e 0 E R , A n 2 N 2 r Shading denotes HOUSE amendment.
E d a Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statube.
S e u Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statune.b Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute.
m F A Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
e F A Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely

  2. Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary

  3. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  4. Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee

  5. Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole

  6. Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations

  7. Senate Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only

  8. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary + Appropriations

Sponsors

  • Colin Larson · Primary
  • Dennis Hisey · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 99 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

  • Colin Larson
  • Dennis Hisey

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (99)

99 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

BILL

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 6000
Unaffiliated 27001
Republican 1000
Total 34001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
Cooke — Yea
Coram — Yea
Crowder — Yea
Donovan — Yea
Fenberg — Yea
Fields — Yea
Foote — Yea
Gardner — Yea
Ginal — Yea
Hansen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hisey — Yea
Holbert — Yea
Lee — Yea
Lundeen — Yea
Marble — Yea
Moreno — Yea
Pettersen — Yea
Priola — Yea
Rankin — Yea
Scott — Not Voting
Smallwood — Yea
Sonnenberg — Yea
Tate — Yea
Todd — Yea
Williams A. — Yea
Woodward — Yea
Zenzinger — Yea
Jeff Bridges Democrat Yea
Jessie Danielson Democrat Yea
Julie Gonzales Democrat Yea
Lorena Garcia Democrat Yea
Robert Rodriguez Democrat Yea
Tammy Story Democrat Yea
Ty Winter Republican Yea

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Subjects

civil-rights education
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 20-059 do?
Under current law, a secondary school teacher who has sexual contact with a student who is 18 years of age or older may not have committed a crime. The bill provides that a person who subjects a student at the secondary school at which the person is an educator to sexual contact commits the crime of sexual assault on a student by an educator. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Who sponsors SB 20-059?
SB 20-059 is sponsored by Colin Larson and Dennis Hisey.
What is the current status of SB 20-059?
This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 20-059?
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