republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/hb-24-1237.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Programs for the Development of Child Care Facilities"
description: "The act creates 3 new programs to be implemented and administered by the division of housing in the department of local affairs (division). The division is required to adopt policies, procedures, and guidelines for each program on or before November 1, 2024; except that, if there is insufficient funding before July 1, 2025 to implement and administer the child care facility development capital grant program, then the division is required to adopt policies, procedures, and guidelines for this program on or before November 1, 2025. For each program, consultation between the division and the department of early childhood is required for the policies the division develops and adopts to implement the programs. Additionally, the division is required to publish on its website and submit an annual report regarding the programs to specified legislative committees and to the department of early childhood."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1237"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1237 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janice Marchman", "Janice Rich", "Mary Bradfield", "Meghan Lukens"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ececcf69-95e2-48cd-95e6-b0c217f32e83"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1237"
source_hash: "374b129e9a4c06bde81fcffd7405ce8ad6bfad63db9475580652755584697533"
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 24-1237 (2024A) — Programs for the Development of Child Care Facilities

The act creates 3 new programs to be implemented and administered by the division of housing in the department of local affairs (division). The division is required to adopt policies, procedures, and guidelines for each program on or before November 1, 2024; except that, if there is insufficient funding before July 1, 2025 to implement and administer the child care facility development capital grant program, then the division is required to adopt policies, procedures, and guidelines for this program on or before November 1, 2025. For each program, consultation between the division and the department of early childhood is required for the policies the division develops and adopts to implement the programs. Additionally, the division is required to publish on its website and submit an annual report regarding the programs to specified legislative committees and to the department of early childhood.

## 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_hb1237_s_lgh_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1237_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1237_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1237_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1237_h_thl_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1237_h_thl_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1237_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1237_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1237_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1237_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **52–0** (pass) · lower
- PERM — **52–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **39–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Janice Marchman — primary (person)
- Janice Rich — primary (person)
- Mary Bradfield — primary (person)
- Meghan Lukens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing `introduction`
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ececcf69-95e2-48cd-95e6-b0c217f32e83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).