---
type: "Bill"
title: "Host Homes for Youth"
description: "The act requires the department of human services to oversee the operations of host home programs. The act sets requirements for organizations seeking to operate a host home program and requirements for host homes participating in a host home program. The act does not apply to host homes providing residential services to adults with intellectual and development disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-191"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-191 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cathy Kipp", "Cleave Simpson", "Lisa Frizell", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecd0ea49-e2e9-4fab-9d91-99686dffe7fe"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-191"
source_hash: "86467746b85daf71f91123ead21a721a286465e169eae78474d36e4a7e7dbc63"
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 SB 24-191 (2024A) — Host Homes for Youth

The act requires the department of human services to oversee the operations of host home programs. The act sets requirements for organizations seeking to operate a host home program and requirements for host homes participating in a host home program. The act does not apply to host homes providing residential services to adults with intellectual and development disabilities.

## 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_sb191_h_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_191_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_191_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_191_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/19/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_191_s_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_191_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_191_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_191_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_191_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **55–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Lisa Frizell — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/ecd0ea49-e2e9-4fab-9d91-99686dffe7fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).