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type: "Bill"
title: "Right To Counsel For Youth"
description: "Current law requires the appointment of a guardian ad litem for children or youth in dependency and neglect cases. The act requires that client-directed counsel for youth be appointed for children or youth 12 years of age or older to provide specialized client-directed legal representation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1038"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1038 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Dominick Moreno", "Lindsey Daugherty", "Tonya Van Beber"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-12T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ae38c1f-3b76-409e-928a-140a669074f3"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1038"
source_hash: "a76adf48bd05da71005e8d820ba3d8d0d313a39767f2e27c200ebe7319b03acc"
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 22-1038 (2022A) — Right To Counsel For Youth
Current law requires the appointment of a guardian ad litem for children or youth in dependency and neglect cases. The act requires that client-directed counsel for youth be appointed for children or youth 12 years of age or older to provide specialized client-directed legal representation.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_hb1038_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1038_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1038_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1038_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1038hjud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/17/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1038_s_jud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1038_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1038_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1038_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1038_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- CONCUR — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Lindsey Daugherty — primary (person)
- Tonya Van Beber — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2022-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12T07:00:00+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/0ae38c1f-3b76-409e-928a-140a669074f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).