It's unconscionable to me to treat a client with that kind of disrespect and abuse regardless of whether it is an adult or a child. Hate-crime measure passes The Senate gave tentative approval Thursday to a bill that would broaden Colorado's hate crimes to include those that target people because of their age, sexual orientation or mental or physical disability. Sen. Mark Hillman, R-Burlington, and other opponents argued that all violent crimes are hate crimes. Hillman tried to amend the bill to exclude individual classes of people, but the effort failed. Other GOP-sponsored amendments also failed.
Current law covers race and religion.
This is the fifth year Tate has introduced the bill. Rep. Brad Young, vice chairman of the Joint Budget Committee, said lawmakers hope to use savings from the shutdown of the state's juvenile boot camp for the Columbine program. Both lawmakers said the amount of savings from the boot camp is uncertain. And anyway, the Department of Labor can afford it. Reagan honor advances A portion of Interstate 25 in El Paso County would be designated Ronald Reagan Highway under a resolution approved by the Senate Government and Transportation Committee on Thursday.