CO HB1075

Amends Colorado law to establish specific conditions under which a probation officer may arrest a defendant with a deferred judgment and sentence, including when the probation officer has a warrant, witnesses a crime, or has probable cause to believe certain violations or crimes have occurred.

Allows probation officers to arrest defendants who have violated deferred sentence conditions and are leaving or about to leave the state, or who will fail to appear in court to answer charges of violating conditions.

Authorizes arrest when a probation officer has probable cause to believe arrest is necessary to prevent physical harm to the defendant or another person, or to prevent commission of a crime.

Makes corresponding amendments to probation officer arrest authority under section 16-11-205 by restructuring and consolidating the conditions for arresting probationers with the same standards applied to deferred sentence defendants.

Takes effect August 9, 2017, unless a referendum petition is filed, in which case it requires voter approval at the November 2018 general election to take effect.