---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rights for Youth Division of Youth Services Facilities"
description: "The act establishes in statute a bill of rights for youth who are the responsibility of the department of human services (department), whether the youth is detained or committed to the care and physical custody of a juvenile facility operated by the department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1170"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1170 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "David Ortiz", "Julie Gonzales", "Junie Joseph"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-31T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f618e8f1-e92f-4c30-adb0-81c8c94bd1c0"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1170"
source_hash: "0836ee5ede00a49048a5d63748a82afbc37f2beb1bc76eb91120d126ffd4a283"
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 24-1170 (2024A) — Rights for Youth Division of Youth Services Facilities

The act establishes in statute a bill of rights for youth who are the responsibility of the department of human services (department), whether the youth is detained or committed to the care and physical custody of a juvenile facility operated by the department.

## 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/2024a_hb1170_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1170_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/28/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1170_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/31/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1170_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/21/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1170_h_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1170_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/17/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1170_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1170_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1170_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **43–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- PERM — **44–16** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **14–37** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **44–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- David Ortiz — primary (person)
- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Junie Joseph — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2024-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to 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/f618e8f1-e92f-4c30-adb0-81c8c94bd1c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).