HB06-1246, the Castle Doctrine/Stand Your Ground Act, sponsored by Representative Cory Gardner (R-63) has been introduced and assigned to the House Judiciary Committee. This important piece of legislation creates a presumption that a defender who uses deadly physical force against an intruder has a reasonable fear of imminent death or serious bodily injury to himself or another person, sets forth conditions under which the presumption does not apply and adds vehicles and places of temporary lodging to the locations in which the presumption applies.
HB06-1246 has been scheduled for a hearing in the Colorado House Judiciary Committee this Thursday, February 23 at 1:30 p.m. If your Representative is listed below, he or she is a member of the House Judiciary Committee. Please call him or her and ask them to support HB06-1246.
House Judiciary Committee Toll free number (outside Denver) 1-800-811-7647
Representative Terrance Carroll (D-7), Chairman; 303-866-2909; E-mail: [email protected]
Representative Morgan Carroll (D-36), Vice-Chairman; 303-866-2942; E-mail: [email protected]
Representative Betty Boyd (D-26), 303-866-2923; E-mail: [email protected]
Representative Bill Cadman (R-15), 303-866-5525; E-mail: [email protected]
Representative Lauri Clapp (R-37), 303-866-5510
Representative Richard Decker (R-19), 303-866-2946; E-mail: [email protected]
Representative Cory Gardner (R-63), 303-866-2906; E-mail: [email protected]
Representative Cheri Jahn (D-24), 303-866-5522; E-mail: [email protected]
Representative Joel Judd (D-5), 303-866-2925; E-mail: [email protected]
Representative Anne McGihon (D-3), 303-866-2921; E-mail: [email protected]
Representative Robert Witwer (R-25), 303-866-2582; E-mail: [email protected]