republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1374.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	Kinship Care Funding Provisions	The act eliminates financial assistance and supports and reimbursement to county departments of human or social services (county departments) for non-certified kinship care homes. The act specifies that county departments are not required to provide financial assistance and supports for non-certified kinship care homes, except as required by the federal 'Social Security Act' and by Colorado's out-of-home placement required services and temporary custody provisions. The act requires the department of human services to create a standardized notice for non-certified kinship care providers regarding the discontinuation of non-certified kinship care financial assistance. The act requires county departments to provide the notice by June 15, 2026, to non-certified kinship foster care homes currently receiving monthly payments.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	HB 1374	Colorado HB 1374 (2026A)	bill	Children & Domestic Matters	enacted	B. Kirkmeyer E. Sirota J. Amabile J. Bridges K. Brown R. Taggart	7	14	4	2026-04-02	2026-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/01e817bb-5eb2-46d6-9f33-464ca88a5c38	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1374	3ea25cd1b2f5975bf8cb4dae3b02ba32e455b10d2e06af901891d3ab7c0243a6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 1374 (2026A) — Kinship Care Funding Provisions

The act eliminates financial assistance and supports and reimbursement to county departments of human or social services (county departments) for non-certified kinship care homes. The act specifies that county departments are not required to provide financial assistance and supports for non-certified kinship care homes, except as required by the federal 'Social Security Act' and by Colorado's out-of-home placement required services and temporary custody provisions. The act requires the department of human services to create a standardized notice for non-certified kinship care providers regarding the discontinuation of non-certified kinship care financial assistance. The act requires county departments to provide the notice by June 15, 2026, to non-certified kinship foster care homes currently receiving monthly payments.(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 26-1374, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.005 — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer House Bill 26-1374 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
• E. Sirota — primary (person)
• J. Amabile — primary (person)
• J. Bridges — primary (person)
• K. Brown — primary (person)
• R. Taggart — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-05-27 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-05-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-22 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-05-22 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-16 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-15 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2026-04-14 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-04-13 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations introduction
• 2026-04-11 House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-10 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2026-04-09 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
• 2026-04-08 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2026-04-06 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-04-02 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/01e817bb-5eb2-46d6-9f33-464ca88a5c38. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).