NEWS (2/​26/​20): The Colorado leg­is­la­ture has sent to the Governor a bill that would prospec­tive­ly abol­ish the state’s death penal­ty. On February 26, 2020, one day after a marathon 12-hour debate on the floor of the House, the Colorado House of Representatives vot­ed 38 – 27 to pass SB 20 – 100 to repeal the state’s cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment statute. The Senate had pre­vi­ous­ly approved the leg­is­la­tion on January 30.

Governor Jared Polis has ten days to sign the bill into law or to veto it. The Governor has pre­vi­ous­ly indi­cat­ed that will sign. Upon sign­ing, Colorado would become the 22nd state to abol­ish cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment, and the tenth since 2004.