---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Youth Restraint & Seclusion Working Group"
description: "The youth restraint and seclusion working group (working group) is set to repeal September 1, 2024. The act extends the working group until September 1, 2034 and requires a sunset review prior to its repeal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1277"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1277 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Lindsey Daugherty", "Richard Holtorf"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d210c9f2-6624-47cb-a455-7503bfabfecf"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1277"
source_hash: "2f53b849adb3b7a4c60c6af4ffac2d561627b89d1262e282160fe455d92dceb3"
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 24-1277 (2024A) — Sunset Youth Restraint & Seclusion Working Group

The youth restraint and seclusion working group (working group) is set to repeal September 1, 2024. The act extends the working group until September 1, 2034 and requires a sunset review prior to its repeal.

## 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_hb1277_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1277_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/09/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1277_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/13/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1277_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1277_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/27/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1277_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1277_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/19/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1277_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **27–6** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **45–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Lindsey Daugherty — primary (person)
- Richard Holtorf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2024-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2024-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T07:00:00+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/d210c9f2-6624-47cb-a455-7503bfabfecf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).