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| Region | Colorado |
| Issue | Hate crime protections |
| Status | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| Start Date | Jul 1, 2005 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Colorado’s 2005 hate-crime expansion effectively covered gender identity by defining “sexual orientation” to include a person’s actual or perceived transgender status, meaning anti-trans bias could be prosecuted under the state bias-motivated-crime law. Colorado’s 2024 hate-crime update, enacted through SB24-189, made the law clearer by explicitly listing gender identity and gender expression / transgender identity-related coverage in the bias-motivated-crime statute rather than relying only on the older “sexual orientation” definition. |
| Sources | https://content.leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/digest2005.pdf https://ciac.colorado.gov/files/D2DF/Hate%20Crime%20Resource%20Guide_Colorado%20Coalition%20Against%20Hate.pdf https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-189 |
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| Start Date | Jul 1, 2024 | Jul 1, 2005 |
| Description | Colorado law protects individuals from hate crimes on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. (Colorado law interprets sexual orientation to include gender identity) | Colorado’s 2005 hate-crime expansion effectively covered gender identity by defining “sexual orientation” to include a person’s actual or perceived transgender status, meaning anti-trans bias could be prosecuted under the state bias-motivated-crime law. Colorado’s 2024 hate-crime update, enacted through SB24-189, made the law clearer by explicitly listing gender identity and gender expression / transgender identity-related coverage in the bias-motivated-crime statute rather than relying only on the older “sexual orientation” definition. |
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| Sources | https://ciac.colorado.gov/files/D2DF/Hate%20Crime%20Resource%20Guide_Colorado%20Coalition%20Against%20Hate.pdf https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-189 | https://content.leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/digest2005.pdf https://ciac.colorado.gov/files/D2DF/Hate%20Crime%20Resource%20Guide_Colorado%20Coalition%20Against%20Hate.pdf https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-189 |
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| Description | Colorado law protects individuals from hate crimes on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. | Colorado law protects individuals from hate crimes on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. (Colorado law interprets sexual orientation to include gender identity) |
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| Start Date | (unknown) | Jul 1, 2024 |
| Sources | https://ciac.colorado.gov/files/D2DF/Hate%20Crime%20Resource%20Guide_Colorado%20Coalition%20Against%20Hate.pdf | https://ciac.colorado.gov/files/D2DF/Hate%20Crime%20Resource%20Guide_Colorado%20Coalition%20Against%20Hate.pdf https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-189 |
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created by mineszilla
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| Status | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Colorado law protects individuals from hate crimes on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. |
| Sources | https://ciac.colorado.gov/files/D2DF/Hate%20Crime%20Resource%20Guide_Colorado%20Coalition%20Against%20Hate.pdf |