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Colorado lawmakers weigh softened statutory sex-offender language

DENVER-- A controversial bill seeking to extend Colorado's Sex Offender Management Board and rework some of the language guiding the board's work stoked intense debate at a Judicial Committee hearing Thursday afternoon. Sponsored in the House by Rep. Su Ryden, D-Aurora, HB 1364 would make distinctions between adult sex offenders and juvenile sex offenders and also lift language that describes sex offenders as incurable.