---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Care Center Required Policy Disclosures"
description: "The act requires a child care center to disclose the following information in its policies and procedures to the parents or guardians of children being served at the child care center:A statement that child care center workers are mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect under state law; andFor a child care center that utilizes video recording equipment, a disclosure of the presence of video recording equipment and the child care center's policies and procedures regarding the use of the video recording equipment and the generated video footage.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "Colorado SB 50 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Joseph", "J. Marchman", "M. Soper", "S. Bright"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/974fad68-695f-4c29-95ad-a97e8197add3"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-050"
source_hash: "7c7485c6f7ef7dbb634e25b0cbb2b07329e1baf59bb2797cfb6c5f124f125a68"
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 50 (2026A) — Child Care Center Required Policy Disclosures

The act requires a child care center to disclose the following information in its policies and procedures to the parents or guardians of children being served at the child care center:A statement that child care center workers are mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect under state law; andFor a child care center that utilizes video recording equipment, a disclosure of the presence of video recording equipment and the child care center's policies and procedures regarding the use of the video recording equipment and the generated video footage.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/110981/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112738/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113726/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112796/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113605/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113536/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114187/download)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 26-050 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-050 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Joseph — primary (person)
- J. Marchman — primary (person)
- M. Soper — primary (person)
- S. Bright — primary (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-06** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-26** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-23** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-20** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-03-18** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
- **2026-03-03** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-02** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/02/2026 - No Amendments
- **2026-02-24** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-27** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/974fad68-695f-4c29-95ad-a97e8197add3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).