---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Welfare And Juvenile Court Jurisdiction"
description: "The act provides juvenile courts jurisdiction to enter permanent allocations of parental responsibilities, without requiring a full court determination of a child as dependent or neglected as to each parent, in certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1172"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1172 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Parenti", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-06T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9f13f4e-4e7c-433d-b859-fee593ef385f"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1172"
source_hash: "94a46a1c2eaf1688bece8c21adc168cdd029ad70e9f45aa0ecf3d50ebcd620c7"
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 23-1172 (2023A) — Child Welfare And Juvenile Court Jurisdiction

The act provides juvenile courts jurisdiction to enter permanent allocations of parental responsibilities, without requiring a full court determination of a child as dependent or neglected as to each parent, in certain circumstances.

## 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/2023a_hb1172_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1172_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1172_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1172_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1172_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1172_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/16/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1172_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1172_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **24–10** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **51–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jennifer Parenti — primary (person)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2023-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06T07:00:00+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/c9f13f4e-4e7c-433d-b859-fee593ef385f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).