HB 12-1114 Summary

• Designates subsection 18-3-602(8) as "Vonnie's Law" and requires automatic protection orders to issue when a person is arrested for stalking, with bail fixed according to specified procedures.

• Mandates that stalking defendants acknowledge protection orders as a condition of bail release, and requires prosecutors to notify alleged victims and complainants of protection order terms.

• Requires sentences for stalking violations committed in connection with court order violations (including protection orders or bond conditions) to be served consecutively rather than concurrently with related sentences.

• Extends bail bond and protection order requirements that previously applied only to domestic violence cases to also cover stalking cases under Colorado Revised Statutes 18-3-602.

• Declares the act necessary for immediate preservation of public peace, health, and safety; bill was signed into law by Governor John W. Hickenlooper.