{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-13-22-203.5","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 13-22-203.5","heading":"Sexual harassment or sexual misconduct dispute - determination of applicability - definitions.","body":"(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n(a) \"Predispute arbitration agreement\" means any agreement to arbitrate a dispute that has not arisen at the time of making the agreement.\n\n(b) \"Predispute joint-action waiver\" means an agreement, whether or not part of a predispute arbitration agreement, that prohibits or waives the rights of a party to the agreement from participating in a joint action, class action, or collective action in a judicial, arbitral, administrative, or other forum concerning a dispute that has not arisen at the time of making the agreement.\n\n(c) \"Sexual harassment dispute\" means a dispute relating to conduct that is alleged to constitute sexual harassment pursuant to the \"Colorado Anti-discrimination Act\", parts 3 to 8 of article 34 of title 24, or any other applicable federal, state, or tribal law.\n\n(d) \"Sexual misconduct dispute\" means a dispute involving sexual misconduct, as defined in section 13-80-103.7 (2).\n\n(2) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a predispute arbitration agreement or predispute joint-action waiver is not valid or enforceable upon request of an individual who alleges conduct that results in a sexual harassment dispute or a sexual misconduct dispute, or upon request of a named representative of a joint action, class action, or collective action that results in a sexual harassment dispute or a sexual misconduct dispute.\n\n(3) This section applies to an agreement to arbitrate. The court, rather than an arbitrator, shall determine the validity and enforceability of a predispute arbitration agreement and predispute joint-action waiver regardless of whether the party resisting arbitration challenges the predispute arbitration agreement or predispute joint-action waiver, specifically or in conjunction with other terms of the contract that contain a predispute arbitration agreement or predispute joint-action waiver, and regardless of whether the predispute arbitration agreement or predispute joint-action waiver delegates validity and enforceability determinations to an arbitrator.","path":["Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE","Article 22 - Age of Competence - Arbitration - Mediation","Part 2 - UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-13.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"49eaadfc60b655b5d0d2f4f9c634dcca7be8079c07acb1762256ff5ca0611a36","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-13-22-203","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-13-22-204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}