republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/hb-24-1046.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Welfare System Tools"
description: "Current law requires mandatory reporters to include certain information when reporting child abuse or neglect to the mandatory reporter's county department, local law enforcement, or through the statewide child abuse reporting hotline system (hotline system). The act requires a mandatory reporter to report any evidence of known domestic violence or intimate partner violence in the child's home, including any evidence of previous cases of known domestic violence or intimate partner violence in the child's home."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1046"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1046 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Chris Kolker", "Gabe Evans", "Monica Duran"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e03e359-410c-411f-8769-8232f700f4a9"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1046"
source_hash: "38441eda82a34dd66fb5281c3e4ce0649b8669be770e19d7668ea97f8cbe7219"
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 24-1046 (2024A) — Child Welfare System Tools

Current law requires mandatory reporters to include certain information when reporting child abuse or neglect to the mandatory reporter's county department, local law enforcement, or through the statewide child abuse reporting hotline system (hotline system). The act requires a mandatory reporter to report any evidence of known domestic violence or intimate partner violence in the child's home, including any evidence of previous cases of known domestic violence or intimate partner violence in the child's home.

## 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_hb1046_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1046_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1046_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1046_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1046_h_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1046_h_hhs_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1046_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1046_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1046_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/28/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1046_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **60–4** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- PERM — **62–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Chris Kolker — primary (person)
- Gabe Evans — primary (person)
- Monica Duran — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2024-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `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/6e03e359-410c-411f-8769-8232f700f4a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).