---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dependency Proceedings Unaccompanied Child"
description: "The act provides juvenile court jurisdiction over an unaccompanied child in the custody of the federal office of refugee resettlement who is housed in a facility in Colorado and who has been subjected to parental abuse or neglect. A child may file a petition asking the court to determine that the child is dependent on the court. The petition must:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1319"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1319 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Iman Jodeh", "Julie Gonzales", "Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/191258c3-d8d3-4310-9cf1-20699b0d6f88"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1319"
source_hash: "e1a009929a9c2e285fb38b4b02e7bbbabf9104e292bbf65e1c07457cfe48f09f"
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 22-1319 (2022A) — Dependency Proceedings Unaccompanied Child

The act provides juvenile court jurisdiction over an unaccompanied child in the custody of the federal office of refugee resettlement who is housed in a facility in Colorado and who has been subjected to parental abuse or neglect. A child may file a petition asking the court to determine that the child is dependent on the court. The petition must:

## 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_hb1319_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/19/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1319_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1319_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/24/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1319_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/20/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1319_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1319_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1319_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (06/07/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1319_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **41–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Iman Jodeh — primary (person)
- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/191258c3-d8d3-4310-9cf1-20699b0d6f88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).