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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Update Department of Human Services Terminology"
+description: "Current law uses the terminology \"department of human services\" and \"department of social services\" interchangeably when referring to the department of human services. The act updates the terminology to refer only to the \"department of human services\"."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2024A"
+identifier: "HB 24-1222"
+citation: "Colorado HB 24-1222 (2024A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Janice Rich", "Rose Pugliese"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-02-07T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82c7ce49-2769-4024-93db-85e21d1ae9d0"
+source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1222"
+source_hash: "8c1056f27a0dcfe3be284233c5b369bc712894afb3329d30091960af2e78bcca"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
+---
+
+# Colorado HB 24-1222 (2024A) — Update Department of Human Services Terminology
+
+Current law uses the terminology "department of human services" and "department of social services" interchangeably when referring to the department of human services. The act updates the terminology to refer only to the "department of human services".
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_hb1222_s_hhs_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (03/11/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1222_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (04/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1222_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (02/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1222_01.pdf)
+5. **Reengrossed (03/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1222_ren.pdf)
+6. **Rerevised (04/09/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1222_rer.pdf)
+7. **Revised (04/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1222_rev.pdf)
+8. **Signed Act (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1222_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **57–0** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
+- Janice Rich — primary (person)
+- Rose Pugliese — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2024-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2024-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
+- **2024-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2024-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82c7ce49-2769-4024-93db-85e21d1ae9d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+