Event description
“Please join us on zoom for a legislative recap, Q&A, and celebration of the end of the session.”
The scoop
Representative Roberts was the only democrat in the House Judiciary committee to vote no on SB273. He is a deputy district attorney.
Kerry Donovan voted yes on SB273 on the Senate Floor but was never a vocal public supporter of either SB273 or SB62.
What to say
Let you legislator know you were disappointed SB62 and SB273 didn’t pass this session.
And ask them to champion bills next session that protect Coloradans by ending the criminalization of poverty by ending cash bail.
Make sure the know 60% of Coloradans in jail right now are only there because they are too poor to pay bail, making our justice system intolerably unjust.
And ask them to champion bills next session that protect Coloradans from over-policing and systemic racism in policing by issuing a summons instead of automatically arresting for low-level offenses.
Make sure they know Colorado is 6th in the nation for overall police killings, 5th in the nation for police killings of Black people, and that over half (54%) of policing killings since 2013 started in response to low-level or NO level offenses, like mental health calls and traffic tickets.
Learn more
Check out this page full of talking points that show the dire need for dismantling the systems that harm our neighbors in Colorado.