---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supports for Youth in Juvenile Justice System"
description: "The act establishes a bill of rights for a K-12 student who is involved in any capacity with the juvenile or criminal justice system (justice-engaged student). School districts, boards of cooperative services, charter schools, and institute charter schools (local education providers) must follow the bill of rights for justice-engaged students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1216"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1216 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Coleman", "Jennifer Bacon", "Tim Hernández"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cdcc854-e222-404b-90d8-6021641ba472"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1216"
source_hash: "62024b2e67dbcd4c9838e35a11b35f756dc7b51e70e0405392e53733e17a207c"
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 24-1216 (2024A) — Supports for Youth in Juvenile Justice System

The act establishes a bill of rights for a K-12 student who is involved in any capacity with the juvenile or criminal justice system (justice-engaged student). School districts, boards of cooperative services, charter schools, and institute charter schools (local education providers) must follow the bill of rights for justice-engaged students.

## 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_hb1216_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1216_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/28/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1216_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1216_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1216_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1216_h_ed_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1216_s_ed_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1216_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1216_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1216_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/31/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1216_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **45–18** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **46–17** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **22–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
- Tim Hernández — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-31T06:00:00+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
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cdcc854-e222-404b-90d8-6021641ba472`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).