---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reasonable Independence For Children"
description: "Under current law, a child is neglected or dependent if the child's environment is injurious to the child's health or welfare. The act clarifies that a child is not neglected when allowed to participate in certain independent activities that a reasonable and prudent parent, guardian, or legal custodian would consider safe given the child's maturity, condition, and abilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1090"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1090 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janet Buckner", "Jim Smallwood", "Kim Ransom", "Mary Young"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-20T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9299dc1-db2d-4c4a-a7ab-7d3806f38464"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1090"
source_hash: "baed22458059d6bcd7c1328c7ac9e7d83c2686f1b658a960c44b01d16d9f57ed"
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 22-1090 (2022A) — Reasonable Independence For Children

Under current law, a child is neglected or dependent if the child's environment is injurious to the child's health or welfare. The act clarifies that a child is not neglected when allowed to participate in certain independent activities that a reasonable and prudent parent, guardian, or legal custodian would consider safe given the child's maturity, condition, and abilities.

## 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/2022a_hb1090_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/17/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1090_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1090_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/20/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1090_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1090_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/15/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1090_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1090_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/30/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1090_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **61–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
- Kim Ransom — primary (person)
- Mary Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2022-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral 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/a9299dc1-db2d-4c4a-a7ab-7d3806f38464`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).