Colorado § 42-2-128 - Vehicular homicide - criminally negligent homicide while operating a motor vehicle - revocation of license.
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§ 42-2-128. Vehicular homicide - criminally negligent homicide while operating a motor vehicle - revocation of license.
The department shall revoke the driver's license of a person convicted of vehicular homicide pursuant to section 18-3-106 or criminally negligent homicide pursuant to section 18-3-105 (1)(b), including the driver's license of a juvenile who has been adjudicated a delinquent upon conduct that would establish the crime of vehicular homicide pursuant to section 18-3-106 or criminally negligent homicide pursuant to section 18-3-105 (1)(b) if committed by an adult.
Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2151, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2026: Entire section amended, (SB 26-072), ch. 200, p. 1144, § 4, effective September 1.
Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 42-4-1201 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-2-128 was relocated to § 42-2-136.
(2) Section 8(2) of chapter 200 (SB 26-072), Session Laws of Colorado 2026, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after September 1, 2026.
Cross references: For vehicular homicide, see § 18-3-106; for provision that the operation of vehicles and the movement of pedestrians pursuant to this section apply upon streets and highways and elsewhere throughout the state, see § 42-4-103 (2)(b).
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. Since § 42-2-128 is similar to § 42-4-1201 as it existed prior to the 1994 amending of title 42 as enacted by SB 94-1, a relevant case construing that provision has been included with the annotations to this section.
Applied in State, Motor Vehicle Div. v. Dayhoff, 199 Colo. 363, 609 P.2d 119 (1980).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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