Police In Colorado Will Still Be Able To Ask This When Pulling You Over

There is a small handful of states in the nation that ban police officers from asking a specific question when someone is pulled over by law enforcement. A Colorado house bill would have made our state another state that banned this somewhat tricky question.

Colorado House Bill 25-1243 would have banned law enforcement from asking drivers who were pulled over, "Do you know why I pulled you over?" by police. The reasoning for banning this question was to preserve the public peace, health, and safety of Colorado departments and institutions.

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If this house bill had become law, it would also have eased the minds of drivers who were pulled over because of the "gotcha factor".

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According to Westword, Colorado will not be joining other states such as California, Connecticut, and Minnesota by banning law enforcement officials from using this verbiage when residents are pulled over.

State legislators voted down House Bill 25-1243 at the beginning of April, effectively killing the proposal to ban the phrase "Do you know why I pulled you over?" in Colorado.

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The Colorado House Judiciary Committee voted against House Bill 25-1243 on April 2, 2025, where it failed in an 8-3 vote. The proposed ban on the phrase was also argued that not utilizing the question would have made traffic stops in Colorado faster, getting all parties off of roadsides that could potentially be dangerous, where law enforcement and drivers could possibly be hit by other driving vehicles.