HB 19-1297 Summary

• Requires Colorado county and city/county jail facilities to collect and maintain daily records of inmate data including demographics, charges, sentences, bond amounts, and release dates.

• Mandates quarterly reporting to the Division of Criminal Justice beginning January 17, 2020, with data snapshots organized by race, ethnicity, and gender on matters such as average daily population, length of stay, homelessness status, and inmate deaths.

• Requires the Division of Criminal Justice to compile, publish, and make reported data publicly available in searchable, sortable format within one month of each reporting deadline, with interactive online access if possible.

• Establishes $26,107 appropriation to the Department of Public Safety for 0.3 FTE to support implementation and administration of the data collection system.

• Includes sunset provisions repealing the quarterly reporting requirement effective January 31, 2023, and the public data publication requirement effective March 31, 2023.