Colorado Revised Statutes

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-4-303 (2026)

Penalties and liabilities not released by repeal

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The repeal, revision, amendment, or consolidation of any statute or part of a statute or section or part of a section of any statute shall not have the effect to release, extinguish, alter, modify, or change in whole or in part any penalty, forfeiture, or liability, either civil or criminal, which shall have been incurred under such statute, unless the repealing, revising, amending, or consolidating act so expressly provides, and such statute or part of a statute or section or part of a section of a statute so repealed, amended, or revised shall be treated and held as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any and all proper actions, suits, proceedings, and prosecutions, criminal as well as civil, for the enforcement of such penalty, forfeiture, or liability, as well as for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree, or order which can or may be rendered, entered, or made in such actions, suits, proceedings, or prosecutions imposing, inflicting, or declaring such penalty, forfeiture, or liability.

Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1425, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 135-1-303.

PART 4

DEFINITIONS

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 24 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1976–2021 · leading case: People v. Boyd, 2015 COA 109 (Colo. Ct. App. 2015).
People v. Boyd, 2015 COA 109 (Colo. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 46× “”), and section 2-4-303, C.R.S. 2014 (“The repeal .”
. People v. Trujillo, 2018 COA 12 (Colo. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 19× “¶ 78 The partial dissent also invokes section 2-4-303, C.R.S. 2017, in support of its conclusion.”
Lucero v. People, 272 P.3d 1063 (Colo. 2012). · cites it 3× “§ 2-4-303, C.R.S. (2011); People v. McCoy, 764 P.”
Noe v. Dolan, 589 P.2d 483 (Colo. 1979). · cites it 6× “The repeal, revision, amendment, or consolidation of any statute or part of a statute or section or part of a section of any statute shall not have the effect to release, extinguish, alter, modify, or change in whole or in part any penalty, forfeiture, or liability, either civil…”
Adams Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 1 v. Dist. Court, 611 P.2d 963 (Colo. 1980). · cites it 12× “The respondent cites section 2-4-303, C.R.S. 1973 for the proposition that supplemental amendments to a statute may not be applied retroactively to deprive a claimant of a preexisting cause of action.”
People v. Stellabotte, 2016 COA 106 (Colo. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “See § 2-4-303, C.R.S. 2015 (“The repeal, revision, amendment, or consolidation of any statute .”
Claim of Stark v. Zimmerman, 638 P.2d 843 (Colo. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 8× “See § 2-4-303, C.R.S.1973; cf. Eight Thousand West Corp.”
Ortivez v. Davis, 902 P.2d 905 (Colo. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 6× “Among them is § 2-4-303, C.R.S. (1980 Repl. Vol. IB), which provides: The repeal, revision, amendment, or consolidation of any statute or part of a statute or section or part of a section of any statute shall not have the effect to release, extinguish, alter, modify, or change…”
People v. Harris, 633 P.2d 1095 (Colo. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 3× “” Section 2-4-303, C.R.S. 1973 (1980 Repl.Vol.”
Berkeley Metro. Dist. v. Poland, 705 P.2d 1004 (Colo. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 4× “” (emphasis added) The general savings clause set forth in § 2-4-303, C.R.S. (1980 Repl.Vol. IB) provides in pertinent part that: “The repeal .”
People v. Russell, 396 P.3d 71 (Colo. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “”). ¶ 12 Here, the language of Amendment 64 does not clearly express an intent for retroactive application of section 16(3)(a).”
Hickman v. Catholic Health Initiatives, 328 P.3d 266 (Colo. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 3× “In its reply brief, defendant argues for the first time that section 2-4-303, C.R.S 2012, precludes retroactive application of the current statute.”
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