BILL TRACKER: S21-273 passed the House Judiciary Committee 🎉 🎉 🎉 On to finance! 💪

 
 

⚡️ SB21-273 ACTION KIT ⚡️

House committees are voting now!

Urgently contact key Representatives and urge them to support SB21-273

Colorado Democrats pledged meaningful legislation to address the harms of racialized policing and mass incarceration that are destroying lives in our state. SB21-273, the Michael Marshall Justice Act and the Marvin Booker Justice Act, reduces incarceration, cash bond, and limits police interaction with our most vulnerable neighbors, all while ensuring jail beds are reserved for people who pose a safety risk, rather than people experiencing poverty.

 

☎️ Call your Representatives

Top Priority Reps

🌟Shannon Bird 303-866-2843

🌟Alex Valdez 303-866-2925

🌟Mary Young 303-866-2929

🌟Monica Duran 303-866-5522

🌟Karen McCormick 303-866-2780

Other reps we need:

Matt Gray Boulder Broomfield| 303-866-4667

Kyle Mullica, Adams | 303-866-2931

Tom Sullivan, Arapahoe | 303-866-5510

Lisa Cutter, Jefferson | 303-866-2582

Julie McCluskie, Delta, Gunnison, Lake Pitkin, Summit | 303-866-2952

Barb McLachlan, Archuleta Gunnison Hinsdale La Plata Ouray San Juan | 303-866-2914


Hello Representative [THEIR NAME], my name is [YOUR NAME] and I am a constituent from [ YOUR COUNTY ] Colorado.

I’m calling to ask for your support of SB21-273, the Michael Marshall Justice Act and the Marvin Booker Justice Act.

In 2020, Colorado Democrats pledged to continue passing meaningful legislation to address the harms of racialized policing and mass incarceration that are destroying lives in our state. SB273 is that next step.

SB273 is a carefully-designed, data-driven bill that will meaningfully reduce pretrial incarceration over low level offenses, and limit cash bond and police interaction with our most vulnerable neighbors. It will ensure that jail beds are reserved for people who are a safety risk, rather than people experiencing poverty.

Conservatives, law enforcement groups, and bail bond lobbyists are fear-mongering and misrepresenting SB273. Please stand against the lies and stand with your community in supporting this important bill.

We must change the culture of policing and incarceration that has permanently disabled Coloradans like Karen Garner and killed Elijah McClain, Reverend Marvin Booker, Michael Marshall, Jerid Thistle -- and harmed so many others.

I hope you will uphold the values that Democratic voters expect of our legislators and vote yes on this critical bill. 


📧 Email your Representatives

Democratic leadership must hear that the community has a right to decide what “protect and serve” means, not police. Colorado ranks 6th in the U.S. for rate of police killings, and 5th in the rate of police killings of Black people. 54% of police killings since 2013 started over low-level or NO-level offenses, like traffic violations and mental health calls. 60% of the people in Colorado jails are there not because they are dangerous, but because they are too poor to pay money bond. Colorado deserves safety and justice for all.

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