republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1024.md

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Bill	Raising Age of Voluntary Relinquishment of Child	Under current law, a parent can voluntarily relinquish their child to a firefighter or hospital or community clinic emergency center staff member if the child is less than 72 hours old. The act allows a parent to voluntarily relinquish their child if the child is 30 days old or younger and requires the department of human services to adopt rules establishing a process for either parent of child who was relinquished to reunify with the child.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	HB 1024	Colorado HB 1024 (2026A)	bill	Children & Domestic Matters	enacted	G. Rydin J. Marchman L. Frizell R. Keltie	7	13	4	2026-01-14	2026-04-27	openstates	ocd-bill/a72f3a29-b240-47e0-a44a-b338c1515646	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1024	0b68b61ac326e024dfdeba6cdd8e900e682f9192501f19884c063a34326f4afa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 1024 (2026A) — Raising Age of Voluntary Relinquishment of Child

Under current law, a parent can voluntarily relinquish their child to a firefighter or hospital or community clinic emergency center staff member if the child is less than 72 hours old. The act allows a parent to voluntarily relinquish their child if the child is 30 days old or younger and requires the department of human services to adopt rules establishing a process for either parent of child who was relinquished to reunify with the child.(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
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (committee substitute) — source
4. Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
6. Revised (committee substitute) — source
7. Signed Act (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1024 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer House Bill 26-1024, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
• Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment F). — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• G. Rydin — primary (person)
• J. Marchman — primary (person)
• L. Frizell — primary (person)
• R. Keltie — primary (person)
• A. Flanell — cosponsor (person)
• B. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
• C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• C. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
• J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
• J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
• K. DeGraaf — cosponsor (person)
• K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
• L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
• L. Feret — cosponsor (person)
• L. Garcia Sander — cosponsor (person)
• L. Suckla — cosponsor (person)
• L. Zamora Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• M. Brooks — cosponsor (person)
• M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
• M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
• N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
• R. English — cosponsor (person)
• R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
• R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
• R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
• S. Bottoms — cosponsor (person)
• S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
• S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
• S. Luck — cosponsor (person)
• S. Slaugh — cosponsor (person)
• T. Exum — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-04-27 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-04-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-04-16 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-16 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-01 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-31 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2026-03-26 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction
• 2026-02-26 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-25 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
• 2026-02-13 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2026-02-10 House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a72f3a29-b240-47e0-a44a-b338c1515646. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).