SB 12

NOTE: This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative
officers and the Governor. To determine whether the Governor has signed the bill
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history, or the Session Laws.
     SENATE BILL 26-012
     BY SENATOR(S) Danielson, Carson, Cutter, Exum, Gonzales J.,
     Hinrichsen, Jodeh, Kipp, Kolker, Lindstedt, Marchman, Michaelson Jenet,
     Mullica, Roberts, Simpson, Snyder, Wallace, Weissman, Coleman;
     also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Velasco, Bacon, Boesenecker, Brown, Carter,
     Clifford, Duran, Espenoza, Froelich, Goldstein, Hamrick, Jackson, Lindsay,
     Mabrey, Marshall, Martinez, Nguyen, Phillips, Rutinel, Sirota, Slaugh,
     Titone, Weinberg, Zokaie, McCluskie.
     CONCERNING COMPENSABLE LOSSES UNDER THE "COLORADO CRIME VICTIM
          COMPENSATION ACT" FOR ENROLLED MEMBERS OF A FEDERALLY
          RECOGNIZED TRIBE.
     Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
             SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-4.1-109, amend
     (1)(i) and (1)(k); and add (1)(m) and (1)(n) as follows:
             24-4.1-109. Losses compensable.
             (1) Losses compensable under this part 1 resulting from death of or
     injury to a victim include:
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     Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes
     through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of
     the act.
      (i) Reasonable travel expenses for a victim related to funeral, burial,
medical care, or mental health counseling, OR TRADITIONAL HEALING
CEREMONIES, INCLUDING AS DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (1)(m) OF THIS
SECTION;
       (k) Dependent care services; and
       (m) EXPENSES FOR TRADITIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HEALING
CEREMONIES AND PRACTICES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE INDIGENOUS AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 24-33.5-2601, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
       (I) TRADITIONAL COUNSELING AND HEALING FROM AN ELDER OR
SPIRITUAL HEALER;
       (II) TRADITIONAL CEREMONIAL PRACTICES;
     (III) CEREMONIAL BURIALS, INCLUDING CLOTHING FOR THE
DECEASED, MEALS, AND OTHER EXPENSES RELATED TO TRADITIONAL
GIVEAWAY OR GIFTING PRACTICES;
       (IV) CHILD CARE DURING BURIAL CEREMONIES; AND
      (V) REIMBURSEMENT FOR HONORARIA PROVIDED IN CONNECTION
WITH CEREMONIAL SERVICES; AND
      (n) REASONABLE TRAVEL EXPENSES RELATED TO TRADITIONAL
NATIVE AMERICAN HEALING CEREMONIES AND PRACTICES, AS DESCRIBED IN
SUBSECTION (1)(m) OF THIS SECTION, FOR A VICTIM WHO IS INDIGENOUS, AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 24-33.5-2601.
       SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August
12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026); except that, if a
referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state
constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within
such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless
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approved by the people at the general election to be held in November 2026
and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of
the vote thereon by the governor.
____________________________  ____________________________
James Rashad Coleman, Sr.  Julie McCluskie
PRESIDENT OF  SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE  OF REPRESENTATIVES
____________________________  ____________________________
Esther van Mourik  Vanessa Reilly
SECRETARY OF  CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE  OF REPRESENTATIVES
       APPROVED________________________________________
                          (Date and Time)
                    _________________________________________
                   Jared S. Polis
                   GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
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