republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1376.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	Federal Adoption Money Cash Fund Updates	The excess federal Title IV-E reimbursements cash fund (cash fund) exists in current law and includes federal revenue in excess of the amount required to reimburse certain eligible foster care, prevention, and permanency services. The act renames the cash fund as the federal Title IV-E reimbursements cash fund and updates the permissible uses of the money in the cash fund to align with current federal requirements, which permit the state to apply savings associated with federal funding increases to a range of child welfare services. The act specifically authorizes the use of cash fund money for services to support a positive permanency outcome for a child or youth who might otherwise enter or reenter foster care.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	HB 1376	Colorado HB 1376 (2026A)	bill	Children & Domestic Matters Human Services	enacted	B. Kirkmeyer E. Sirota J. Amabile J. Bridges K. Brown R. Taggart	7	14	3	2026-04-02	2026-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/2648a6e5-8e5e-4bb0-b9d5-838cc3c12f33	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1376	37707f3050a206bed7ded0682143a0d6b1dbba7d6a461bb52c987cbcbd7453ce	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 1376 (2026A) — Federal Adoption Money Cash Fund Updates

The excess federal Title IV-E reimbursements cash fund (cash fund) exists in current law and includes federal revenue in excess of the amount required to reimburse certain eligible foster care, prevention, and permanency services. The act renames the cash fund as the federal Title IV-E reimbursements cash fund and updates the permissible uses of the money in the cash fund to align with current federal requirements, which permit the state to apply savings associated with federal funding increases to a range of child welfare services. The act specifically authorizes the use of cash fund money for services to support a positive permanency outcome for a child or youth who might otherwise enter or reenter foster care.(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

• Refer House Bill 26-1376 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer House Bill 26-1376 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
• BILL — 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 - No Amendments
• 2026-04-14 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2026-04-13 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations introduction
• 2026-04-11 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-10 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2026-04-09 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 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/2648a6e5-8e5e-4bb0-b9d5-838cc3c12f33. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).