republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/hb-20-1052.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Privacy Protections For Human Services Workers"
description: "Under current law, it is unlawful for a person to make available on the internet personal information of a law enforcement official (official) or child abuse or neglect caseworker (caseworker), or the official's or caseworker's family if the dissemination of the personal information poses an imminent and serious threat to the official's or caseworker's safety or the safety of his or her family. The act replaces the definition of \"caseworker\" in statute with a new definition of \"human services worker\" to include state and county employees, including county attorneys and contractors who are engaged in duties relating to the following matters and who have contact with the public regarding these duties:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1052"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1052 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Jonathan Singer", "Pete Lee", "Terri Carver"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f2083f5-016a-4961-b427-b241ecb28fd2"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1052"
source_hash: "3040e0a3ddff945e9043f6e45ed1b4083d745980637448157920913b842d3b19"
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 20-1052 (2020A) — Privacy Protections For Human Services Workers

Under current law, it is unlawful for a person to make available on the internet personal information of a law enforcement official (official) or child abuse or neglect caseworker (caseworker), or the official's or caseworker's family if the dissemination of the personal information poses an imminent and serious threat to the official's or caseworker's safety or the safety of his or her family. The act replaces the definition of "caseworker" in statute with a new definition of "human services worker" to include state and county employees, including county attorneys and contractors who are engaged in duties relating to the following matters and who have contact with the public regarding these duties:

## 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/2020a_hb1052_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/28/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1052_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/17/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1052_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1052_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/24/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1052%20jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1052sjud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (01/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1052_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/06/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1052_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/05/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1052_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (03/24/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1052_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **62–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Jonathan Singer — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)
- Terri Carver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2020-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2020-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2020-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+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/4f2083f5-016a-4961-b427-b241ecb28fd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).