Republicans block legislature from asking Colorado voters to let victims of child sex abuse from decades past sue their abusers – By Jesse Paul (Colorado Sun) / April 17, 2024
Senate Concurrent Resolution 1, which would have reopened cases for which the state’s since-repealed statute of limitations has run out, needed a supermajority of support to pass the chamber. It failed by a single vote.
Republicans in the Colorado Senate on Wednesday blocked the legislature from asking voters to amend the state constitution to let victims of child sex abuse from decades past sue their abusers even if the statute of limitations has run out.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 1, which would have sent the question to the November ballot, needed a supermajority of support to pass the chamber. It failed by a single vote.
Democrats hold a 23-12 advantage in the Senate, one vote shy of a supermajority. Democrats were united in favor of the resolution. No Republicans would join them, citing concerns about the constitutionality of the measure and how it could bankrupt institutions like churches and school districts.
Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen, R-Monument, said Tuesday in a speech on the Senate floor he couldn’t vote for the resolution.
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