republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/hb-24-1017.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bill of Rights for Foster Youth"
description: "The act establishes a statutory bill of rights for children and youth (youth) in foster care in Colorado, including youth participating in the foster youth in transition program but excluding youth detained by or committed to the care and physical custody of the division of youth services. The office of the child's representative shall develop a written notice of the rights, and a county department of human or social services shall provide each youth who is 5 years of age or older with the written notice in the youth's primary language at the time of the youth's initial placement in foster care, at each placement change, and at least annually."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1017"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1017 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Jennifer Parenti", "Lindsey Daugherty", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb6197d9-931e-44f7-b0f5-f755f4990114"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1017"
source_hash: "3851e34794f68cca9e7508580a58b53be49c3d72e75b61b2ca6d7d32e0809836"
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 24-1017 (2024A) — Bill of Rights for Foster Youth

The act establishes a statutory bill of rights for children and youth (youth) in foster care in Colorado, including youth participating in the foster youth in transition program but excluding youth detained by or committed to the care and physical custody of the division of youth services. The office of the child's representative shall develop a written notice of the rights, and a county department of human or social services shall provide each youth who is 5 years of age or older with the written notice in the youth's primary language at the time of the youth's initial placement in foster care, at each placement change, and at least annually.

## 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/2024a_hb1017_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1017_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/19/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1017_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1017_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1017_h_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/09/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1017_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1017_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1017_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/24/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1017_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **43–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **22–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Jennifer Parenti — primary (person)
- Lindsey Daugherty — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2024-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2024-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over to 02/09/2024 - No Amendments
- **2024-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2024-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to 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/fb6197d9-931e-44f7-b0f5-f755f4990114`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).