Colorado HB 1298 — Background Checks for Child Welfare Placements
Colorado, 2026A. HB 1298: Background Checks for Child Welfare Placements
Latest action
June 4, 2026 — Governor Signed
Summary
The act gives county departments of human or social services and the Colorado department of human services (department) the statutory authority needed to conduct the required fingerprint-based criminal history record checks for individuals who provide out-of-home care for child-welfare-involved youth in accordance with the federal bureau of investigation's standards. For the 2026-27 state fiscal year, the general assembly anticipates that the department will receive $350,000 in federal funds to implement the act, and $350,000 is appropriated to the office of the governor for use by the office of information technology to implement the act. The $350,000 appropriation is from reappropriated funds received from the department.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Sponsors
- R. Keltie — primary sponsor
- G. Rydin — primary sponsor
- L. Cutter — primary sponsor
- A. Boesenecker
- S. Camacho
- C. Clifford
- M. Duran
- A. Flanell
- L. Gilchrist
- R. Gonzalez
- J. Jackson
- J. Joseph
- S. Lieder
- M. Lindsay
- K. Nguyen
- C. Richardson
- N. Ricks
- M. Rutinel
- J. Coleman
- J. Danielson
- T. Exum
- J. Gonzales
- I. Jodeh
- C. Kipp
- C. Kolker
- W. Lindstedt
- J. Marchman
- R. Rodriguez
- M. Snyder
- K. Wallace
Bill text
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Final Act Read version ↗
Rerevised Read version ↗
Revised Read version ↗
Reengrossed Read version ↗
Engrossed Read version ↗
Introduced Read version ↗
Recorded votes
Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment K).
March 17, 2026 · House · pass
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (0)
No individual positions were supplied for this vote.
Refer House Bill 26-1298, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
April 17, 2026 · House · pass
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (11)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Andrew Boesenecker | yes |
| Scott Bottoms | yes |
| Junie Joseph | yes |
| Karen McCormick | yes |
| Matt Soper | yes |
| Rick Taggart | yes |
| Brianna Titone | yes |
| Elizabeth Velasco | yes |
| Yara Zokaie | yes |
| Emily Sirota | yes |
| Kyle Brown | yes |
Refer House Bill 26-1298, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
March 17, 2026 · House · pass
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (13)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Carlos Barron | yes |
| Mary Bradfield | yes |
| Brandi Bradley | yes |
| Regina English | yes |
| Lisa Feret | yes |
| Eliza Hamrick | yes |
| Dusty Johnson | yes |
| Karen McCormick | yes |
| Gretchen Rydin | yes |
| Katie Stewart | yes |
| Dan Woog | yes |
| Sheila Lieder | yes |
| Lindsay Gilchrist | yes |
BILL
May 11, 2026 · Senate · pass
yes: 35 · no: 0 · other: 0
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (36)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Amabile | yes |
| Baisley | yes |
| Ball | yes |
| Benavidez | yes |
| Bridges | yes |
| Bright | yes |
| Carson | yes |
| Catlin | yes |
| Cutter | yes |
| Danielson | yes |
| Daugherty | yes |
| Exum | yes |
| Frizell | yes |
| Gonzales J. | yes |
| Hinrichsen | yes |
| Jodeh | yes |
| Kipp | yes |
| Kirkmeyer | yes |
| Kolker | yes |
| Lindstedt | yes |
| Liston | yes |
| Marchman | yes |
| Mullica | yes |
| Pelton B. | yes |
| Pelton R. | yes |
| Rich | yes |
| Roberts | yes |
| Rodriguez | yes |
| Simpson | yes |
| Snyder | yes |
| Sullivan | yes |
| Wallace | yes |
| Weissman | yes |
| Zamora Wilson | yes |
| Coleman | yes |
| President | yes |
Refer House Bill 26-1298 to the Committee on Appropriations.
May 7, 2026 · Senate · pass
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (7)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Mark Baisley | yes |
| Matt Ball | yes |
| Lindsey Daugherty | yes |
| Tony Exum | excused |
| Janice Rich | yes |
| Lisa Cutter | yes |
| Iman Jodeh | yes |
Adopt amendment J.001
April 17, 2026 · House · pass
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (0)
No individual positions were supplied for this vote.
BILL
April 21, 2026 · House · pass
yes: 63 · no: 0 · other: 2
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (65)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Story | yes |
| Suckla | yes |
| Taggart | yes |
| Titone | yes |
| Valdez | excused |
| Velasco | yes |
| Weinberg | yes |
| Willford | yes |
| Winter T. | yes |
| Woodrow | yes |
| Woog | yes |
| Zokaie | yes |
| McCluskie | yes |
| Bacon | excused |
| Barron | yes |
| Boesenecker | yes |
| Bottoms | yes |
| Bradfield | yes |
| Bradley | yes |
| Brooks | yes |
| Brown | yes |
| Caldwell | yes |
| Camacho | yes |
| Carter | yes |
| Clifford | yes |
| DeGraaf | yes |
| Duran | yes |
| English | yes |
| Espenoza | yes |
| Feret | yes |
| Flanell | yes |
| Froelich | yes |
| Garcia | yes |
| Garcia Sander | yes |
| Gilchrist | yes |
| Goldstein | yes |
| Gonzalez R. | yes |
| Hamrick | yes |
| Hartsook | yes |
| Jackson | yes |
| Johnson | yes |
| Joseph | yes |
| Keltie | yes |
| Lieder | yes |
| Lindsay | yes |
| Luck | yes |
| Lukens | yes |
| Mabrey | yes |
| Marshall | yes |
| Martinez | yes |
| Mauro | yes |
| McCormick | yes |
| Nguyen | yes |
| Paschal | yes |
| Phillips | yes |
| Richardson | yes |
| Ricks | yes |
| Rutinel | yes |
| Rydin | yes |
| Sirota | yes |
| Slaugh | yes |
| Smith | yes |
| Soper | yes |
| Stewart K. | yes |
| Stewart R. | yes |
Refer House Bill 26-1298 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
May 8, 2026 · Senate · pass
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (7)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Chris Kolker | yes |
| Julie Gonzales | yes |
| Barbara Kirkmeyer | yes |
| Byron Pelton | yes |
| Cleave Simpson | yes |
| Jeff Bridges | yes |
| Judy Amabile | yes |
Legislative history
- Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services
- House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
- House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
- House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
- Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations
- Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
- Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- Signed by the Speaker of the House
- Signed by the President of the Senate
- Sent to the Governor
- Governor Signed
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