republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1304.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Adoptee Present In-state Exception	Under current law, for a child to be adopted, the child must be present in the state at the time that the petition for adoption is filed. Under the bill, the child need not be present in the state if the child has been under the jurisdiction of a court in Colorado for at least 6 months.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	HB 17-1304	Colorado HB 17-1304 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Jim Smallwood John Kefalas Jonathan Singer Kim Ransom	8	12	2	2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00	2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/59eae734-a7d4-42c4-b757-c4f67fb21475	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1304	e85f67f57ad1e201651a1d78e61613dc2df3b23574f54ae3a4ea9736e0e42522	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 17-1304 (2017A) — Adoptee Present In-state Exception

Under current law, for a child to be adopted, the child must be present in the state at the time that the petition for adoption is filed. Under the bill, the child need not be present in the state if the child has been under the jurisdiction of a court in Colorado for at least 6 months.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/07/2017) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/18/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/29/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (04/10/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (04/25/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (04/24/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (06/05/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer House Bill 17-1304 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed without objection. — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1304 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0, with one excused. — 12–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
• John Kefalas — primary (person)
• Jonathan Singer — primary (person)
• Kim Ransom — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-05-15T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction
• 2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-07T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/59eae734-a7d4-42c4-b757-c4f67fb21475. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).