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type: "Bill"
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title: "Adoptee Present In-state Exception"
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description: "Under current law, for a child to be adopted, the child must be present in the state at the time that the petition for adoption is filed. Under the bill, the child need not be present in the state if the child has been under the jurisdiction of a court in Colorado for at least 6 months."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2017A"
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identifier: "HB 17-1304"
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citation: "Colorado HB 17-1304 (2017A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jim Smallwood", "John Kefalas", "Jonathan Singer", "Kim Ransom"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59eae734-a7d4-42c4-b757-c4f67fb21475"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1304"
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source_hash: "e85f67f57ad1e201651a1d78e61613dc2df3b23574f54ae3a4ea9736e0e42522"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 17-1304 (2017A) — Adoptee Present In-state Exception
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Under current law, for a child to be adopted, the child must be present in the state at the time that the petition for adoption is filed. Under the bill, the child need not be present in the state if the child has been under the jurisdiction of a court in Colorado for at least 6 months.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1304_S_HHS_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/07/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1304_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1304_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (03/29/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1304_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (04/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1304_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (04/25/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1304_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (04/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1304_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (06/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1304_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Refer House Bill 17-1304 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed without objection. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Refer House Bill 17-1304 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0, with one excused. — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
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- John Kefalas — primary (person)
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- Jonathan Singer — primary (person)
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- Kim Ransom — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2017-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2017-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2017-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
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- **2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2017-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59eae734-a7d4-42c4-b757-c4f67fb21475`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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