---
type: "Bill"
title: "Raising Age of Voluntary Relinquishment of Child"
description: "Under current law, a parent can voluntarily relinquish their child to a firefighter or hospital or community clinic emergency center staff member if the child is less than 72 hours old. The act allows a parent to voluntarily relinquish their child if the child is 30 days old or younger and requires the department of human services to adopt rules establishing a process for either parent of child who was relinquished to reunify with the child.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1024"
citation: "Colorado HB 1024 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children & Domestic Matters"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Rydin", "J. Marchman", "L. Frizell", "R. Keltie"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a72f3a29-b240-47e0-a44a-b338c1515646"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1024"
source_hash: "0b68b61ac326e024dfdeba6cdd8e900e682f9192501f19884c063a34326f4afa"
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 1024 (2026A) — Raising Age of Voluntary Relinquishment of Child

Under current law, a parent can voluntarily relinquish their child to a firefighter or hospital or community clinic emergency center staff member if the child is less than 72 hours old. The act allows a parent to voluntarily relinquish their child if the child is 30 days old or younger and requires the department of human services to adopt rules establishing a process for either parent of child who was relinquished to reunify with the child.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/110751/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112592/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114464/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112651/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113922/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113893/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115307/download)

## Votes

- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1024 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1024, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment F). — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- G. Rydin — primary (person)
- J. Marchman — primary (person)
- L. Frizell — primary (person)
- R. Keltie — primary (person)
- A. Flanell — cosponsor (person)
- B. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- K. DeGraaf — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Feret — cosponsor (person)
- L. Garcia Sander — cosponsor (person)
- L. Suckla — cosponsor (person)
- L. Zamora Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- M. Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bottoms — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- S. Luck — cosponsor (person)
- S. Slaugh — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-04-27** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2026-03-26** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2026-02-26** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2026-02-13** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-02-10** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** 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/a72f3a29-b240-47e0-a44a-b338c1515646`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).