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| Bill | Department of Early Childhood Clean-Up | The act makes changes and clarifications in the provisions related to the department of early childhood (department). The act:Eliminates the scheduled repeal of licensing exemptions for certain in-home child care arrangements in which the children are related to the caregiver, are siblings, or number fewer than five;Updates provisions related to early care and education provider reimbursement for services performed before final eligibility determinations in the Colorado child care assistance program;Lowers the age limit for children served by the early childhood mental health consultation program from 8 years old to 6 years old and adjusts that program's reporting requirements;Clarifies the sources of money appropriated to the universal preschool program;Requires the department to keep confidential identifying records and facts regarding children and their relatives;Clarifies that child care facilities approved, certified, or licensed by tribal governments are exempt from the department's licensing rules; andAdjusts the membership requirements and duties of the early childhood leadership commission and subcommittee membership requirements for the rules advisory council.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) | us/states/co | Colorado General Assembly | 2026A | HB 1259 | Colorado HB 1259 (2026A) |
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Colorado HB 1259 (2026A) — Department of Early Childhood Clean-Up
The act makes changes and clarifications in the provisions related to the department of early childhood (department). The act:Eliminates the scheduled repeal of licensing exemptions for certain in-home child care arrangements in which the children are related to the caregiver, are siblings, or number fewer than five;Updates provisions related to early care and education provider reimbursement for services performed before final eligibility determinations in the Colorado child care assistance program;Lowers the age limit for children served by the early childhood mental health consultation program from 8 years old to 6 years old and adjusts that program's reporting requirements;Clarifies the sources of money appropriated to the universal preschool program;Requires the department to keep confidential identifying records and facts regarding children and their relatives;Clarifies that child care facilities approved, certified, or licensed by tribal governments are exempt from the department's licensing rules; andAdjusts the membership requirements and duties of the early childhood leadership commission and subcommittee membership requirements for the rules advisory council.(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.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Final Act (committee substitute) — source
- Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
- Revised (committee substitute) — source
- Signed Act (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- REPASS — pass (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — pass (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1259, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
- BILL — pass (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.008 — pass (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1259 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- E. Sirota — primary (person)
- J. Bridges — primary (person)
- J. Marchman — primary (person)
- A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- L. Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
- L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- R. Taggart — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-05-05 Governor Signed
executive-signature - 2026-04-28 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-04-28 Signed by the President of the Senate
passage - 2026-04-28 Signed by the Speaker of the House
passage - 2026-04-02 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- 2026-04-01 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-31 Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 04/01/2026 - No Amendments
- 2026-03-30 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
reading-2 - 2026-03-25 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
committee-passage, referral-committee - 2026-03-18 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education
introduction - 2026-03-13 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-12 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- 2026-03-11 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
committee-passage, referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education
introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e1c9945a-6235-4051-ba47-d6863336309e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).