Colorado

SOL vs. perp: +6 years from majority = Age 20
SOL vs. employer: +2 years from majority = Age 24

Majority Tolling: √       Age 18
Discovery Tolling: √    Liberal

Age of Consent: 17

None (effective 7/1/2006)

2015 Pending Legislation

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Previously Introduced Legislation

Passed in 2014:

  • S.B. 14-059 (governor signed this measure on 3/21/2014) – Before S.B. 14-059, certain sex offenses were not subject to a statute of limitations, but accompanying non-sex offenses were subject to a statute of limitations. The new law eliminates the statute of limitations for those accompanying offenses.

Sex crime statute of limitations bill among 10 signed by Colorado governor

Currently certain sex offenses are not subject to a statute of limitations, but accompanying non-sex offenses are subject to a statute of limitations. The new law will eliminate the statute of limitations for those accompanying offenses.

Professor Marci A. Hamilton, How The National Conference Of Bishops' Proposal On Handling Child Abuse Should Be Changed: The Devil Is In The Details

The U.S. National Conference of Bishops has now released its…