Ballot Title Setting Board
2025-2026

The title as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

A change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning matters related to a defendant’s release prior to trial, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting a court, without the consent of the district attorney, from releasing on an unsecured personal recognizance bond a defendant who has not been convicted if the defendant is accused of committing a crime of violence, motor vehicle theft, or assault on a peace officer and other specified conditions apply, and requiring in those cases that the court set bond in an amount of at least $10,000.

The ballot title and submission clause as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning matters related to a defendant’s release prior to trial, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting a court, without the consent of the district attorney, from releasing on an unsecured personal recognizance bond a defendant who has not been convicted if the defendant is accused of committing a crime of violence, motor vehicle theft, or assault on a peace officer and other specified conditions apply, and requiring in those cases that the court set bond in an amount of at least $10,000?

Hearing April 16, 2025

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Board members: Kathleen Wallace, Jeremiah Barry, Kurt Morrison
Hearing adjourned 10:09 AM.

* Unofficially captioned "Personal Recognizance Bonds for Certain Crimes" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.