republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1185.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reports Of Suspected Child Abuse Or Neglect"
description: "Under current law, certain identified persons are mandated to report if they know or suspect that a child has been subject to abuse or neglect (mandatory reporters). If a mandatory reporter continues to be involved with a child who was the subject of the report, he or she is entitled to access to records and reports of the abuse or neglect. The bill adds to the list of mandatory reporters officials and employees of county departments of health, human services, or social services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1185"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1185 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Smallwood", "Jonathan Singer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dae06ae0-73b9-455c-8662-0cf615c7a78c"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1185"
source_hash: "5eeecb4928554973243609bfb69108569f800213761a16233fb10bf1ffa9f503"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 17-1185 (2017A) — Reports Of Suspected Child Abuse Or Neglect

Under current law, certain identified persons are mandated to report if they know or suspect that a child has been subject to abuse or neglect (mandatory reporters). If a mandatory reporter continues to be involved with a child who was the subject of the report, he or she is entitled to access to records and reports of the abuse or neglect. The bill adds to the list of mandatory reporters officials and employees of county departments of health, human services, or social services.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1185_S_HHS_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1185_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/25/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1185_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/14/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1185_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1185_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/12/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1185_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/11/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1185_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/03/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1185_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1185 to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1185 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
- Jonathan Singer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/24/2017 - No Amendments
- **2017-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/22/2017 - No Amendments
- **2017-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/20/2017 - No Amendments
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/13/2017 - No Amendments
- **2017-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dae06ae0-73b9-455c-8662-0cf615c7a78c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).