republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1234.md

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Bill	Access to Records of Child Abuse or Neglect	The act prohibits a person who possesses a record or report (record) of child abuse or neglect from releasing identifying data or information contained in the record to a person who is not authorized to receive the information or data. The act clarifies what constitutes identifying data in a record. The act adds an assigned designee of a person named in a record who is acting on the person's behalf as a person who may have access to child abuse or neglect records if the assigned designee presents a valid release of information signed by an authorized person. The act allows a person named in a record as an alleged abused or neglected child who is in possession of a record in which they are named or, with the person's consent, the person's attorney or guardian ad litem, to disclose and make use of the record, including for the purpose of litigation or to obtain treatment or services. Except as expressly authorized in law, a criminal defendant may only access a record after an in camera review by the court in which the court finds that access to the record is necessary for the resolution of an issue. The act requires each county department of human or social services to establish and submit to the state department of human services a process current and former clients may use to obtain access to their case records. The act repeals the penalties associated with a person who improperly releases or willfully permits or encourages the release of data or information contained in the records to a person not permitted to access the information and makes it a petty offense for the department of education or a school district, charter school, or nonpublic school to release data or information contained in a record to a person not permitted to access the information.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	HB 1234	Colorado HB 1234 (2026A)	bill	Human Services	enacted	G. Rydin K. Wallace L. Frizell M. Soper	7	12	4	2026-02-18	2026-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/fe0b6fe1-1bf7-4a17-8a14-57d6fa37a554	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1234	60af0c63f30616da82edc01363dd9d8f54b4ce685d32707877c8421e7cf5731e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 1234 (2026A) — Access to Records of Child Abuse or Neglect

The act prohibits a person who possesses a record or report (record) of child abuse or neglect from releasing identifying data or information contained in the record to a person who is not authorized to receive the information or data. The act clarifies what constitutes identifying data in a record. The act adds an assigned designee of a person named in a record who is acting on the person's behalf as a person who may have access to child abuse or neglect records if the assigned designee presents a valid release of information signed by an authorized person. The act allows a person named in a record as an alleged abused or neglected child who is in possession of a record in which they are named or, with the person's consent, the person's attorney or guardian ad litem, to disclose and make use of the record, including for the purpose of litigation or to obtain treatment or services. Except as expressly authorized in law, a criminal defendant may only access a record after an in camera review by the court in which the court finds that access to the record is necessary for the resolution of an issue. The act requires each county department of human or social services to establish and submit to the state department of human services a process current and former clients may use to obtain access to their case records. The act repeals the penalties associated with a person who improperly releases or willfully permits or encourages the release of data or information contained in the records to a person not permitted to access the information and makes it a petty offense for the department of education or a school district, charter school, or nonpublic school to release data or information contained in a record to a person not permitted to access the information.(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

• Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1234, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
• BILL — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1234 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• G. Rydin — primary (person)
• K. Wallace — primary (person)
• L. Frizell — primary (person)
• M. Soper — primary (person)
• A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
• C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
• C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• C. Simpson — cosponsor (person)
• D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
• E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
• I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
• J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
• J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
• J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
• J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
• K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
• K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
• L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
• L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
• L. García — cosponsor (person)
• L. Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
• M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
• M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
• M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
• M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
• M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
• M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
• M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
• M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
• N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
• R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
• R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
• R. Taggart — cosponsor (person)
• S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
• S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
• T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
• T. Story — cosponsor (person)
• W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-05-04 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-04-23 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-04-22 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-22 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-06 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-02 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2026-03-30 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2026-03-26 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2026-03-23 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-20 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2026-03-18 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe0b6fe1-1bf7-4a17-8a14-57d6fa37a554. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).