Colorado § 18-3-401 Definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 18-3-401 — Definitions

Colorado § 18-3-401

Title 18Criminal

Art.Offenses Against the Person

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-3-401 (2026).

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As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)Actor means the person accused of a sexual offense pursuant to this part 4. (1.5) Consent means cooperation in act or attitude pursuant to an exercise of free will and with knowledge of the nature of the act. A current or previous relationship shall not be sufficient to constitute consent under the provisions of this part 4. Submission under the influence of fear shall not constitute consent. Nothing in this definition shall be construed to affect the admissibility of evidence or the burden of proof in regard to the issue of consent under this part 4. (1.7) Diagnostic test means a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening test followed by a supplemental HIV test for confirmation in those instances when the HI

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As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(1) Actor means the person accused of a sexual offense pursuant to this
part 4.

(1.5) Consent means cooperation in act or attitude pursuant to an exercise
of free will and with knowledge of the nature of the act. A current or previous
relationship shall not be sufficient to constitute consent under the provisions of this
part 4. Submission under the influence of fear shall not constitute consent. Nothing
in this definition shall be construed to affect the admissibility of evidence or the
burden of proof in regard to the issue of consent under this part 4.

(1.7) Diagnostic test means a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
screening test followed by a supplemental HIV test for confirmation in those
instances when the HIV screening test is repeatedly reactive.

(2) Intimate parts means the external genitalia or the perineum or the anus
or the buttocks or the pubes or the breast of any person.

(2.4) Medical-reporting victim means a victim who seeks medical
treatment services following a sexual assault but who elects not to participate in
the criminal justice system at the time the victim receives medical services.

(2.5) Pattern of sexual abuse means the commission of two or more
incidents of sexual contact involving a child when such offenses are committed by
an actor upon the same victim.

(3) Physically helpless means unconscious, asleep, or otherwise unable to
indicate willingness to act.

(3.5) One in a position of trust includes, but is not limited to, any person
who is a parent or acting in the place of a parent and charged with any of a parent's
rights, duties, or responsibilities concerning a child, including a guardian or
someone otherwise responsible for the general supervision of a child's welfare, or a
person who is charged with any duty or responsibility for the health, education,
welfare, or supervision of a child, including foster care, child care, family care, or
institutional care, either independently or through another, no matter how brief, at
the time of an unlawful act.

(4) Sexual contact means:

(a) The knowing touching of the victim's intimate parts by the actor, or of the
actor's intimate parts by the victim, or the knowing touching of the clothing
covering the immediate area of the victim's or actor's intimate parts if that sexual
contact is for the purposes of sexual arousal, gratification, or abuse;

(b) The knowing emission or ejaculation of seminal fluid onto any body part
of the victim or the clothing covering any body part of the victim; or

(c) Knowingly causing semen, blood, urine, feces, or a bodily substance to
contact any body part of the victim or the clothing covering any body part of the
victim if that contact with semen, blood, urine, feces, or a bodily substance is for the
purpose of sexual arousal, gratification, or abuse.

(5) Sexual intrusion means any intrusion, however slight, by any object or
any part of a person's body, except the mouth, tongue, or penis, into the genital or
anal opening of another person's body if that sexual intrusion can reasonably be
construed as being for the purposes of sexual arousal, gratification, or abuse.

(6) Sexual penetration means sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio,
anilingus, or anal intercourse. Emission need not be proved as an element of any
sexual penetration. Any penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the
crime.

(7) Victim means the person alleging to have been subjected to a criminal
sexual assault.

Legislative History

Source: L. 75: Entire part R&RE, p. 627, � 1, effective July 1. L. 83: (4) amended, p. 697, � 1, effective March 3; (3.5) added, p. 693, � 1, effective June 15. L. 86: (3.5) amended, p. 770, � 6 effective July 1. L. 88: (2) amended, p. 712, � 17, effective July 1. L. 89: (2.5) added, p. 903, � 1, effective June 1. L. 90: (3.5) amended, p. 1028, � 15, effective July 1. L. 92: (1.5) added, p. 322, � 3, effective July 1. L. 93: (2) and (4) amended, p. 1731, � 15, effective July 1. L. 2000: (1.7) added, p. 452, � 5, effective April 24. L. 2003: (1) amended, p. 1432, � 22, effective April 29. L. 2013: (2.4) added, (HB 13-1163), ch. 215, p. 895, � 1, effective May 13. L. 2019: (4) amended, (HB 19-1155), ch. 76, p. 279, � 1, effective July 1.