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SB26-190 • 2026

Release Information About Peace Officer Use of Force

The act clarifies that video and audio recordings (recordings) depicting an incident of a peace officer's use of force that resulted in death (incident) must be provided to the decedent's immediate fa

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Sen. J. Coleman, Sen. M. Weissman, Rep. J. Bacon, Rep. R. English, Sen. J. Amabile, Sen. A. Benavidez, Sen. L. Cutter, Sen. J. Danielson, Sen. T. Exum, Sen. J. Gonzales, Sen. N. Hinrichsen, Sen. I. Jodeh, Sen. C. Kipp, Sen. J. Marchman, Sen. T. Sullivan, Rep. M. Carter, Rep. C. Clifford, Rep. J. Jackson, Rep. J. Joseph, Rep. M. Lindsay, Rep. J. Mabrey, Rep. B. Marshall, Rep. K. Nguyen, Rep. E. Sirota, Rep. S. Woodrow, Rep. Y. Zokaie
Last action
2026-06-03
Official status
Governor Signed
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Release Information About Peace Officer Use of Force

The act clarifies that video and audio recordings (recordings) depicting an incident of a peace officer's use of force that resulted in death (incident) must be provided to the decedent's immediate family within 21 days after the incident regardless of whether there is a complaint of peace officer misconduct for the incident.

What This Bill Does

  • The act clarifies that video and audio recordings (recordings) depicting an incident of a peace officer's use of force that resulted in death (incident) must be provided to the decedent's immediate family within 21 days after the incident regardless of whether there is a complaint of peace officer misconduct for the incident.
  • The act requires the multi-agency team investigating the incident or the law enforcement agency that employs the peace officer who used force in the incident to notify the decedent's immediate family about the multi-agency team investigation into the incident within 24 hours after the scene of the incident is cleared.
  • The notification must include the names of the law enforcement agencies that comprise the multi-agency investigating team and the status of the investigation.
  • The act prohibits a peace officer participating in the investigation of a criminal matter involving an incident from making an extrajudicial statement on behalf of a law enforcement agency that the peace officer knows or reasonably should know will be disseminated by means of public communication and will have a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing an adjudicative proceeding on the matter.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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L.001

SEN State, Veterans, & Military Affairs

Passed [*]

Plain English: SB190_L.001 SENATE COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE AMENDMENT Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs.

  • SB190_L.001 SENATE COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE AMENDMENT Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs.
  • SB26-190 be amended as follows: 1 Amend printed bill, strike everything below the enacting clause and 2 substitute: 3 "SECTION 1.
  • Legislative declaration.
  • (1) The general 4 assembly finds and declares that: 5 (a) A peace officer's use of force that results in death requires 6 heightened transparency to maintain public trust; 7 (b) Colorado law requires a multi-agency investigation of a peace 8 officer's use of force that results in death or a peace officer's discharge of 9 a firearm that results in injury or death; and 10 (c) The family of a person who dies because of a peace officer's 11 use of force has a compelling interest in timely access to information 12 about the incident.
L.003

SEN State, Veterans, & Military Affairs

Passed [*]

Plain English: SB190_L.003 SENATE COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE AMENDMENT Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs.

  • SB190_L.003 SENATE COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE AMENDMENT Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs.
  • SB26-190 be amended as follows: 1 Amend proposed committee amendment (SB190_L.001), page 1, line 33, 2 strike "PERSON," and substitute "PERSON OTHER THAN A FOR-PROFIT 3 ENTITY,".
  • 4 Page 2, strike lines 7 through 23 and substitute: 5 "(III) UPON COMPLETION OF AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION, 6 INCLUDING ANY APPEALS PROCESS, THAT EXAMINES AN INCIDENT OF USE 7 OF FORCE BY A PEACE OFFICER THAT RESULTS IN DEATH; THE COMPLETION 8 OF THE INVESTIGATION OF A USE OF FORCE BY A PEACE OFFICER THAT 9 RESULTS IN DEATH BY THE MULTI-AGENCY TEAM DESCRIBED IN SECTION 10 16-25-302 AND THE ISSUANCE OF THE REPORT REQUIRED BY SECTION 11 20-1-114; AND THE COMPLETION OF A CRIMINAL CASE ARISING FROM THE 12 INCIDENT, INCLUDING ANY APPEALS, THE VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDINGS 13 DEPICTING THE DEATH SHALL BE RELEASED TO THE VICTIM'S IMMEDIATE 14 FAMILY, UPON REQUEST, NOTWITHSTANDING THE REQUIREMENTS OF 15 SECTION 24-31-902 (2)(b)(III) AND SECTION 24-31-902 (2)(c).".
  • 16 Page 3, lines 22 and 23, strike "AN INCIDENT OF A PEACE OFFICER'S USE OF 17 FORCE THAT RESULTS IN DEATH," and substitute "THE SCENE OF AN 18 INCIDENT INVOLVING A PEACE OFFICER'S USE OF FORCE THAT RESULTS IN 19 DEATH IS CLEARED,".
L.005

Second Reading

Passed [**]

Plain English: SB190_L.005 Amendment No.

  • SB190_L.005 Amendment No.
  • ___________ SB26-190 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT Second Reading BY SENATOR Coleman 1 Amend the State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee Report, dated 2 May 5, 2026, page 1, strike lines 17 through 24 and substitute: 3 "(2.8) "LAWFUL REPRESENTATIVE" MEANS A PERSON WHO IS 4 DESIGNATED BY A VICTIM OR APPOINTED BY THE COURT TO ACT IN THE 5 BEST INTERESTS OF THE VICTIM.
  • 6 (5.5) "SIGNIFICANT OTHER" MEANS A PERSON WHO IS IN A 7 FAMILY-TYPE LIVING ARRANGEMENT WITH A VICTIM AND WHO WOULD 8 CONSTITUTE A SPOUSE OF THE VICTIM IF THE VICTIM AND THE PERSON 9 WERE MARRIED.
  • 10 (6.4) "VICTIM" MEANS A PERSON WHOSE DEATH IS CAUSED BY A 11 PEACE OFFICER'S USE OF FORCE.
L.006

Third Reading

Passed

Plain English: SB190_L.006 Amendment No.

  • SB190_L.006 Amendment No.
  • ___________ SB26-190 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT Third Reading BY SENATOR Coleman 1 Amend engrossed bill, page 2, lines 12 and 13, strike "(2.8), (5.5), (6.4), 2 and (6.6)" and substitute "(1.5), (1.7), (2.8), and (5.5)".
  • 3 Page 2, after line 15 insert: 4 "(1.5) "DECEDENT" MEANS A PERSON WHOSE DEATH IS CAUSED BY 5 A PEACE OFFICER'S USE OF FORCE.
  • 6 (1.7) "DECEDENT'S IMMEDIATE FAMILY" MEANS THE SPOUSE, A 7 CHILD BY BIRTH OR ADOPTION, A STEPCHILD, THE PARENT, THE 8 STEPPARENT, A SIBLING, A LEGAL GUARDIAN, A SIGNIFICANT OTHER, OR A 9 LAWFUL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DECEDENT.".
L.007

Third Reading

Passed

Plain English: SB190_L.007 Amendment No.

  • SB190_L.007 Amendment No.
  • ___________ SB26-190 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT Third Reading BY SENATOR Coleman 1 Amend engrossed bill, page 3, line 24, after "MISCONDUCT" insert "TO 2 THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY INVOLVED IN THE ALLEGED 3 MISCONDUCT".
  • 4 Page 4, line 2, after "INVESTIGATION," insert "TO THE PERSON WHO MADE 5 THE REQUEST".
  • 6 Page 4, line 5, strike "INVESTIGATION" and substitute "INVESTIGATION, 7 INCLUDING ANY APPEALS PROCESS,".
L.008

Third Reading

Passed

Plain English: SB190_L.008 Amendment No.

  • SB190_L.008 Amendment No.
  • ___________ SB26-190 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT Third Reading BY SENATOR Weissman 1 Amend engrossed bill, page 6, line 13, strike "EACH" and substitute "A".
  • ** *** ** *** ** LLS: Conrad Imel x2313

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-03 Governor

    Governor Signed

  2. 2026-05-22 Governor

    Sent to the Governor

  3. 2026-05-22 House

    Signed by the Speaker of the House

  4. 2026-05-22 Senate

    Signed by the President of the Senate

  5. 2026-05-13 House

    House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  6. 2026-05-12 House

    House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments

  7. 2026-05-11 House

    House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole

  8. 2026-05-11 House

    Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary

  9. 2026-05-11 Senate

    Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor

  10. 2026-05-08 Senate

    Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor

  11. 2026-05-07 Senate

    Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

  12. 2026-05-05 Senate

    Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole

  13. 2026-05-04 Senate

    Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs

Official Summary Text

The act clarifies that video and audio recordings (recordings) depicting an incident of a peace officer's use of force that resulted in death (incident) must be provided to the decedent's immediate family within 21 days after the incident regardless of whether there is a complaint of peace officer misconduct for the incident.
The act requires the multi-agency team investigating the incident or the law enforcement agency that employs the peace officer who used force in the incident to notify the decedent's immediate family about the multi-agency team investigation into the incident within 24 hours after the scene of the incident is cleared. The notification must include the names of the law enforcement agencies that comprise the multi-agency investigating team and the status of the investigation.
The act prohibits a peace officer participating in the investigation of a criminal matter involving an incident from making an extrajudicial statement on behalf of a law enforcement agency that the peace officer knows or reasonably should know will be disseminated by means of public communication and will have a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing an adjudicative proceeding on the matter. Video of an incident produced for purposes of a community or critical incident briefing must include certain disclaimers, and narration or commentary must be limited to the facts of the incident.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)