---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foster Parent Bill Of Rights"
description: "The act creates certain rights for foster parents. The rights do not apply to a foster parent who jeopardizes the safety of a child or youth or a foster parent against whom criminal charges have been filed for child abuse, a sexual offense, or any felony."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1231"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1231 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Hisey", "Donald Valdez", "Rhonda Fields", "Tonya Van Beber"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fe6a2a8-f616-4d2b-bc0e-c3cd61519a8b"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1231"
source_hash: "f9bf0a9535b8d4b198f84fc1459df845938493e69a69f226c7b01670f5cd1677"
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 22-1231 (2022A) — Foster Parent Bill Of Rights

The act creates certain rights for foster parents. The rights do not apply to a foster parent who jeopardizes the safety of a child or youth or a foster parent against whom criminal charges have been filed for child abuse, a sexual offense, or any felony.

## 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_hb1231_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1231_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1231_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1231_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/07/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1231_h_pbh_02.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/31/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1231_s_hhs_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1231_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1231_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/01/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1231_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1231_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **62–2** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dennis Hisey — primary (person)
- Donald Valdez — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Tonya Van Beber — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 04/08/2022
- **2022-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2022-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11T07:00:00+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/7fe6a2a8-f616-4d2b-bc0e-c3cd61519a8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).