republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1024.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative And Kin Placement Of A Child"
description: "The act establishes several measures that protect the best interests of a child or youth and that will not hinder reunification with the child's or youth's family when the child or youth has been temporarily placed outside the family home with a relative or kin (relative), including:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1024"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1024 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elisabeth Epps", "Kevin Van Winkle", "Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez", "Tony Exum"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/379bf315-e164-4cff-8757-58f62ef9f2d9"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1024"
source_hash: "e0ca1a49f4d76324a66d9470baf030c329fedf9594ba8e02692cf22990643790"
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 23-1024 (2023A) — Relative And Kin Placement Of A Child

The act establishes several measures that protect the best interests of a child or youth and that will not hinder reunification with the child's or youth's family when the child or youth has been temporarily placed outside the family home with a relative or kin (relative), including:

## 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/2023a_hb1024_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1024_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1024_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1024_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1024_h_pbh_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1024_h_pbh_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1024_s_hhs_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (03/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1024_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1024_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1024_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1024_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elisabeth Epps — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)
- Tony Exum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2023-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09T07:00:00+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/379bf315-e164-4cff-8757-58f62ef9f2d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).