HB13-1148: Changes to Aggravated Sentencing Provisions

• Repeals the extraordinary risk sentencing enhancer provision and related designations in Colorado law.

• Changes mandatory minimum sentences from requiring the midpoint of the presumptive range to requiring only the minimum of the presumptive range for various felony offenses.

• Increases maximum sentences for Class 3-6 felony crimes of violence to specific fixed amounts: 48 years (Class 2), 32 years (Class 3), 16 years (Class 4), 8 years (Class 5), and 4 years (Class 6), without suspension.

• Designates certain child abuse crimes under section 18-6-401(7)(a)(I) and (III) and stalking crimes under section 18-3-602(3)(b) as crimes of violence subject to mandatory sentencing provisions.

• Makes conforming amendments to remove references to the extraordinary risk crime designation from multiple statutes affecting drug distribution, aggravated robbery, and other offenses.