---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improved Access to the Child Care Assistance Program"
description: "The act overhauls the Colorado child care assistance program (CCCAP). The act simplifies the application process by:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1223"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1223 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Jenny Willford", "Lisa Cutter", "Lorena García"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-07T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf4fc404-64d5-4e09-bee2-58f5012f70de"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1223"
source_hash: "cb9fda5222fb4fbb2ec03513c25fa9d10cc169ae4f832ce34ddca66a5760fa1b"
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 24-1223 (2024A) — Improved Access to the Child Care Assistance Program

The act overhauls the Colorado child care assistance program (CCCAP). The act simplifies the application process by:

## 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_hb1223_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1223_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/28/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1223_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1223_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1223_h_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1223_h_hhs_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1223_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1223_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1223_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1223_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **45–18** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **21–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Jenny Willford — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Lorena García — 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
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07T07:00:00+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/cf4fc404-64d5-4e09-bee2-58f5012f70de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).