A Senate committee voted Tuesday to decriminalize adultery and “promoting sexual immorality,” laws put on the books during a different era in Colorado.
Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, said his focus on the two crimes is part of a larger effort for Colorado to get rid of outdated laws.
As for adultery and sexual immorality, those are things “the government has no business policing,” he said.
Under the immorality law, a hotel owner who rents a room to unmarried couples for the purpose of fornication is guilty of a second-degree misdemeanor, he said.
“It’s silly. It’s old-fashioned,” Steadman said.
Senate Bill 244 was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee and now goes to the full Senate for debate. The lone “no” vote came from Sen. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud, who said he worried about the impact on pandering laws. The Denver Post
