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Colorado · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1039: Adding Municipal Jails to County Jail Oversight Requirements

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1039 is a bill introduced in the Colorado House on January 14, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Adding Municipal Jails to County Jail Oversight Requirements. Primary sponsor: Chris Richardson (Republican), Mike Weissman (Democratic), Iman Jodeh (Democratic), Naquetta Ricks (Democratic), Michael Carter (Democratic). It lists 19 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 27, 2026): Governor Signed.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Beginning July 1, 2027, the act requires municipal jails to comply with existing jail data collection requirements, standards, and oversight.     The act requires a keeper of a municipal jail to release a pregnant person charged with a violation of a municipal ordinance from custody if jail staff have a reasonable belief the person is in labor unless remaining in custody is necessary for the health or welfare of the person. If the pregnant person in labor is not released, the use of restraints is prohibited during the labor, delivery, and postpartum recovery, and the jail staff shall make a written record that the labor, delivery, and postpartum recovery occurred at the jail and record the reason the pregnant person was not released from custody.     The act requires council members of a city that has a city jail to examine the jail's management and sufficiency at least once a year and allows the attorney general to conduct assessments of municipal jails to identify gaps and deficiencies based on the jail standards.     The act adds a nonvoting member who represents a municipality to the jail standards advisory committee.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 23 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chris RichardsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Mike WeissmanPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Iman JodehPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate29
Naquetta RicksPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Michael CarterPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse36
Judy AmabileCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Jennifer BaconCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Adrienne BenavidezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate21
Kyle BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Chad CliffordCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse37
James ColemanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate33
Lisa CutterCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Regina EnglishCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Cecelia EspenozaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4
Tony ExumCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Julie GonzalesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Nick HinrichsenCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Jamie JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse41
Cathy KippCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Mandy LindsayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Javier MabreyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1
Janice MarchmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Kenny NguyenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse33
Katie WallaceCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate17

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Governor Signed
  2. Signed by the Speaker of the House
  3. Signed by the President of the Senate
  4. Sent to the Governor
  5. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
  6. Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
  7. Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
  8. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
  9. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
  10. House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
  11. House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
  12. House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source