republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1042.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extend Court Jurisdiction For Vulnerable Youth"
description: "Juvenile court jurisdiction for guardianship and parental responsibilities proceedings - findings supporting federal special immigrant juvenile classification. The act extends the jurisdiction of the court for guardianship proceedings and proceedings concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities for certain unmarried youth under 21 years of age who meet the requirements for such orders, as well as criteria specified in the act, and for whom findings are sought from the court that may support an application for special immigrant juvenile classification under federal law. The act clarifies that juvenile courts exercising jurisdiction for certain purposes may also enter findings establishing eligibility for special immigrant juvenile classification under federal law.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1042"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1042 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28c6b785-1355-40fb-8d26-aa11a48b8af4"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1042"
source_hash: "c9c94d228f0b37d776274153d3d5e6050b8de19173e3f1034bce2e7c2dfc0526"
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 19-1042 (2019A) — Extend Court Jurisdiction For Vulnerable Youth

Juvenile court jurisdiction for guardianship and parental responsibilities proceedings - findings supporting federal special immigrant juvenile classification. The act extends the jurisdiction of the court for guardianship proceedings and proceedings concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities for certain unmarried youth under 21 years of age who meet the requirements for such orders, as well as criteria specified in the act, and for whom findings are sought from the court that may support an application for special immigrant juvenile classification under federal law. The act clarifies that juvenile courts exercising jurisdiction for certain purposes may also enter findings establishing eligibility for special immigrant juvenile classification under federal law.(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. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_hb1042_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1042_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1042_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1042_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1042jud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (01/31/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1042_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1042_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (02/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1042_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1042_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **39–23** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **20–12** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **31–33** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **23–41** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-01-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28c6b785-1355-40fb-8d26-aa11a48b8af4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).