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type: "Bill"
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title: "Immunization Status And Child Abuse Neglect"
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description: "The act adds language to Colorado's children's code to clarify that refusing an immunization on the grounds of medical, religious, or personal belief considerations or opting to exclude immunization notification information from the immunization tracking system does not alone constitute child abuse or neglect."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2020A"
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identifier: "HB 20-1297"
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citation: "Colorado HB 20-1297 (2020A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jonathan Singer", "Mark Baisley", "Paul Lundeen"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2020-02-13T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2020-07-10T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f386431a-28c0-427b-a712-d07dfa7653ca"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1297"
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source_hash: "50795ab987d50707730f29d1452b9a0526e93e47f02c146fb3c3d05a85c081a2"
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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 20-1297 (2020A) — Immunization Status And Child Abuse Neglect
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The act adds language to Colorado's children's code to clarify that refusing an immunization on the grounds of medical, religious, or personal belief considerations or opting to exclude immunization notification information from the immunization tracking system does not alone constitute child abuse or neglect.
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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/2020a_hb1297_s_sa_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (06/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1297_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (06/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1297_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (02/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1297_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (05/26/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1297phc_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (06/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1297_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (06/15/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1297_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (06/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1297_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (07/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1297_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **61–2** (pass) · lower
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- PERM — **22–41** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jonathan Singer — primary (person)
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- Mark Baisley — primary (person)
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- Paul Lundeen — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-07-10T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2020-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-06-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2020-06-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
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- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2020-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 12/31/2020 - No Amendments
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- **2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13T07:00:00+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/f386431a-28c0-427b-a712-d07dfa7653ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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