With the 2021 session again underway, what will lawmakers be looking at, especially given the limitations on the budget imposed by the pandemic and ensuing recession? Colorado Politics’ statehouse team examined five issues likely to dominate the discussions for the remainder of the session.
Justice reform:
• First-degree felony murder
The charge of first-degree felony murder allows a defendant to be charged with that crime if a victim is killed in the commission of crimes. including arson, robbery, burglary, kidnapping, sexual assault and escape. The sentence: life in prison without parole.
Sen. Pete Lee, D-Colorado Springs, hopes to change that. Among the criminal justice bills he’s sponsoring in the 2021 session is one to change the sentencing around felony murder, a repeat of a 2020 bill that was dismissed due to the pandemic. Under his proposal, instead of felony murder, the charge would be second-degree murder with a sentence of eight to 24 years, although he also prop
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$385 million in Colorado housing assistance available, but payments delayed
The state said they had more requests for assistance in January 2021 than they had in all of 2020. Author: Katie Eastman Updated: 10:32 PM MST February 16, 2021
COLORADO, USA The money from the latest federal relief package for housing assistance will be available in Colorado this week, according to the state Department of Local Affairs (DOLA.)
Colorado will receive more than $385 million, with more than $137 million of that divided into portions for individual counties.
While there won t be a lapse in assistance from programs like Property Owner Preservation (POP), or the Emergency Housing Assistance Program (EHAP), there is a delay in getting the money out to people approved to receive it.