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Colorado · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 25-1067: Criminal Asset Forfeiture Act

Introduced 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 25-1067 is a bill introduced in the Colorado House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Criminal Asset Forfeiture Act. Primary sponsor: Mark Baisley (Republican), Ken DeGraaf (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 8, 2025): House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

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

The bill replaces existing statutes on public abatement and instead enacts provisions concerning criminal forfeiture. The bill: Limits forfeiture so it can occur only when a defendant is convicted of a crime of unlawful distribution, manufacturing, dispensing, or selling a controlled substance; Specifies that a forfeiture proceeding is not a separate civil proceeding but part of a defendant's criminal proceeding; Specifies when personal property may be seized with or without process; Establishes duties and procedures when property is seized; Establishes court procedures for various parties; Allows for the disposition of seized assets and proceeds consistent with prior law; and Establishes limitations on seizures involving the federal government.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mark BaisleyPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Ken DeGraafPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse22

“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. House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
  2. House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
  3. Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary

Sources

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