republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/hb-24-1034.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adult Competency to Stand Trial"
description: "The act reforms and clarifies the criminal competency to proceed process. The act provides necessary parties with access to information related to the defendant's claim of incompetency to proceed. The act adds to the information that is included in a competency report. The act delineates a court's options when it finds that a defendant is incompetent to proceed. The act directs when competency services may be provided on an outpatient basis. The act sets forth the circumstances when a court has to dismiss the defendant's case based on the highest level of charge against the defendant and how long the defendant has been waiting for restoration services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1034"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1034 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Amabile", "Mary Bradfield", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/486d0731-3cf9-405c-9a74-fdf9e6c07baa"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1034"
source_hash: "fb318ef3c3703f336e35a201cd14c393f21db34f0da405c02a1884b0bb561f45"
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 24-1034 (2024A) — Adult Competency to Stand Trial

The act reforms and clarifies the criminal competency to proceed process. The act provides necessary parties with access to information related to the defendant's claim of incompetency to proceed. The act adds to the information that is included in a competency report. The act delineates a court's options when it finds that a defendant is incompetent to proceed. The act directs when competency services may be provided on an outpatient basis. The act sets forth the circumstances when a court has to dismiss the defendant's case based on the highest level of charge against the defendant and how long the defendant has been waiting for restoration services.

## 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_hb1034_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/20/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1034_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/28/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1034_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1034_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1034_h_jud_02.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/19/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1034_h_jud_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1034_s_jud_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1034_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1034_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1034_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1034_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **48–12** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **52–9** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **58–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
- Mary Bradfield — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2024-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10T07:00:00+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/486d0731-3cf9-405c-9a74-fdf9e6c07baa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).