What The Bill Does:
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Officially codifies the existing Access to Justice Commission
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Establishes annual review of access barriers and recommended solutions to the General Assembly and Governor
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Expands the reach and capacity of the Access to Justice Commission's work
HB23-1280 Passed with Overwhelming Support
List of Supporters:
Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger
Grand Family Coalition
Denver Symposium on Race
Durango Family Law
4 The Children
SungateKids
Project Safeguard
Tara Bay, Advocate
John Major, citizen of Routt County
Ellen Squires, Advocate
Beci Leitman, Advocate
Christa Menning, Advocate
Cathy Cheasman, Advocate
Jennifer Wherry, Friend of the Commission
Gale Miller, Friend of the Com'n. (ret. judge)
Maha Kamal, Friend of the Commission
Dick Gast, 11th JD ATJ Committee member
John Zakhem, Friend of the Commission
Lynne Sholler, 6th JD ATJC past chair
Deborah Hamilton, Pikes Peak L.D. Librarian
Hassler Law Firm, LLC
Colorado Family Law Project
Durango Women's Resource Center
Colorado Attorney General's Office
Office of the Alternate Defense Counsel
Office of the Child's Representatives
Office of Respondent Parents' Counsel
Colorado Bar Association
Boulder County
Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition
Colorado Economic Defense Project
Rocky Mtn. Immigrant Advocacy Net.
Boulder County District Attorney's Office
Hispanic Affairs Project
Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center
Colorado Poverty Law Project
ACLU of Colorado
Mediation Association of Colorado
Colorado Hispanic Bar Association
Park County Sheriff's Office, Victim Svcs. Program
Advocate Safehouse Project
Southwest Water and Property Law LLC
NAACP Boulder County
Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center
Virtual Pro Se Clinic (VPC) Program
Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence
Asian Pacific American Bar Association