Colorado Senate bill in Session 2026.
Status: enacted. Latest action: May 28, 2026.
Increased Penalty for Vehicular Homicide & Assault.
The act clarifies the conduct by which a person can commit criminally negligent homicide to include proximately causing the death of another person while operating or driving a motor vehicle with criminal negligence. The act repeals the class 1 misdemeanor traffic offense of a person being the proximate cause of death to another person while driving a motor vehicle, while clarifying it can be charged as a class 5 felony elsewhere in statute. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-28 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-05-28 | Status | enacted |
| 2026-05-28 | Latest Action | Governor Signed |