COLORADO
Western Slope Now
[with video]
The Senate is seeing two bills involving domestic violence and sexual assault after the House passes both with enormous support.
House Bill 16-1260 wants to double the statute of limitations to report sexual assault from 10 years to 20.
House Bill 16-1066 takes aim at habitual domestic violence offenders, creating their fourth offense open to a class five felony charge, should the prosecute choose.
“”I had two Colorado Women who shared with me their story of being drugged and assaulted by Bill Cosby.” Rep. Rhonda Fields said, a Democrat representing Aurora.
She wrote a previous bill that was killed aiming to eliminate the statute completely. Fields said that bill would have been a stretch.
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