republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1272.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supporting The Child Protection Ombudsman"
description: "The act exempts an employee or person acting on behalf of the office of the child protection ombudsman (ombudsman) from testifying in a civil or criminal proceeding in which the ombudsman is not a legal party. The act prohibits information, documents, and reports requested and reviewed by the ombudsman from being subpoenaed in a civil or criminal proceeding in which the ombudsman is not a legal party.The act authorizes the ombudsman to receive information, records, or documents related to an incident of egregious abuse or neglect, near fatality, or fatality of a child during the course of an investigation of a complaint. The department of public health and environment's child fatality prevention review team shall provide the ombudsman the nonidentifying case review findings and recommendations related to an investigation of a complaint. The department of human services' child fatality review team shall provide the ombudsman the final confidential, case-specific review report related to an investigation of a complaint. If electronic copies are not available, the ombudsman shall access, review, and receive copies of documents without cost to the ombudsman.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1272"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1272 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessie Danielson", "Lisa Cutter", "Mary Bradfield"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/627e8acd-4ae3-4c05-a3e9-0cd12e49ce66"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1272"
source_hash: "e3df49c1848f687a0272af08fa550fd08d90c6442da5ad954c7d68535786ed90"
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 21-1272 (2021A) — Supporting The Child Protection Ombudsman

The act exempts an employee or person acting on behalf of the office of the child protection ombudsman (ombudsman) from testifying in a civil or criminal proceeding in which the ombudsman is not a legal party. The act prohibits information, documents, and reports requested and reviewed by the ombudsman from being subpoenaed in a civil or criminal proceeding in which the ombudsman is not a legal party.The act authorizes the ombudsman to receive information, records, or documents related to an incident of egregious abuse or neglect, near fatality, or fatality of a child during the course of an investigation of a complaint. The department of public health and environment's child fatality prevention review team shall provide the ombudsman the nonidentifying case review findings and recommendations related to an investigation of a complaint. The department of human services' child fatality review team shall provide the ombudsman the final confidential, case-specific review report related to an investigation of a complaint. If electronic copies are not available, the ombudsman shall access, review, and receive copies of documents without cost to the ombudsman.(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. **Amendment L.001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/16749f2ff7bfef4a872586c000636d93__hearing_summary/21HousePublic0423AttachD.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1272_s_hhs_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (04/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1272_en2.pdf)
4. **Final Act (06/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1272_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (04/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1272_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (04/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1272pbh_01.pdf)
7. **PA2 (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1272shhs_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1272_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1272_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1272_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1272_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **55–7** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **53–10** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **61–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Mary Bradfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/627e8acd-4ae3-4c05-a3e9-0cd12e49ce66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).