Senate unanimously designates April 2025 as sexual‑assault awareness month, names April 30 Colorado Denim Day
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The Senate adopted Senate Joint Resolution 018 recognizing April 2025 as sexual‑assault awareness month and designating April 30 as Colorado Denim Day. The resolution highlights the history of Denim Day and notes ongoing concerns including evidence kit backlogs and the need for culturally specific victim services.
The Colorado Senate adopted Senate Joint Resolution 018 — a bipartisan measure recognizing April 2025 as sexual‑assault awareness month and designating April 30 as Colorado Denim Day. The resolution, carried by Senator Winter, passed the floor vote without opposition.
Senator Winter read the resolution at length on the floor, tracing Denim Day’s origin to a 1998 Italian court decision and noting the U.S. adoption of the Denim Day campaign as a protest against victim‑blaming. The resolution cites the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CCASA) as having led Colorado Denim Day since 2013 and calls out continuing system concerns, including the backlog of sexual‑assault evidence kits at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and threats to funding for culturally specific and rural survivor services.
On the floor Senator Bridal and Senator Winter both urged the Senate to support the measure and highlight the importance of prevention and survivor supports; the final roll call recorded 35 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent.
The resolution also directs that a copy be sent to CCASA board president Serene Lambright Dale.