{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-1.3-103.4","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 18-1.3-103.4","heading":"Senate Bill 13-250 - legislative intent - clarification of internal reference to level 4 drug felonies.","body":"The intent of the general assembly in enacting Senate Bill 13-250 was to allow courts, for offenses committed on and after October 1, 2013, to vacate certain level 4 drug felony convictions and enter misdemeanor convictions if the offender completes community-based sentencing. While the term \"level 4 drug felony\" to which section 18-1.3-103.5 (3)(b) refers was described in section 18-18-405 (2)(c)(II) of the introduced version of Senate Bill 13-250, an amendment to the bill during the legislative process moved the level 4 drug felony description to section 18-18-405 (2)(d). The conforming change was not made to the internal reference in section 18-1.3-103.5 (3)(b), resulting in an incorrect internal reference being published in the 2013 version of the Colorado Revised Statutes. When enacting Senate Bill 13-250, it was the intent of the general assembly that the level 4 drug felonies to which section 18-1.3-103.5 (3)(b) refers be those described in section 18-18-405 (2)(d). Accordingly, by the passage of Senate Bill 14-163, enacted in 2014, the general assembly corrects the internal reference found in section 18-1.3-103.5 (3)(b). The correction to the internal reference is effective as of the effective date of Senate Bill 13-250, October 1, 2013, and applies to offenses committed on or after October 1, 2013.","path":["Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE","Article 1.3 - Sentencing in Criminal Cases","Part 1 - ALTERNATIVES IN SENTENCING"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-18.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"5520a48174403a306ad060055321b4fa1f98439a8a57cd25194b16311ff0d350","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-1.3-103","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-1.3-103.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}