---
type: "Bill"
title: "Changes Related To Federal Family First Policy"
description: "The act updates Colorado's statutory provisions related to foster care prevention services and supports (prevention services) in the context of the federal \"Family First Prevention Services Act\", including:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-162"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-162 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Dominick Moreno", "Kim Ransom", "Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab17429e-fb51-4b53-9680-7bd8e2f85222"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-162"
source_hash: "226c47c6243bf46e05fcc9e006fcf054491a76cfef70cbbd4ad7bfa46c7438fc"
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 SB 20-162 (2020A) — Changes Related To Federal Family First Policy

The act updates Colorado's statutory provisions related to foster care prevention services and supports (prevention services) in the context of the federal "Family First Prevention Services Act", including:

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_sb162_h_phc_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (06/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_162_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/19/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_162_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_162_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_162sjud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (06/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_162sjudsapp.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (06/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_162_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_162_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_162_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (07/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_162_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Kim Ransom — primary (person)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab17429e-fb51-4b53-9680-7bd8e2f85222`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).