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type: "Bill"
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title: "Independent Agency Appointment Requirements"
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description: "Current law requires the director of the office of the child's representative and the alternate defense counsel (directors) to be licensed to practice law in Colorado for at least 5 years prior to being appointed as the director of the respective offices and requires the director of the respondent parents' counsel to have 5 years of experience as a licensed attorney prior to being appointed as the director of the respondent parents' counsel. The act removes the requirement that the directors of the office of the child's representative and the alternate defense counsel be licensed to practice law in Colorado prior to their appointment and requires the directors to either be licensed to practice law in Colorado at the time of the appointment or be able to become licensed to practice law in Colorado within 6 months after the appointment."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2024A"
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identifier: "HB 24-1102"
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citation: "Colorado HB 24-1102 (2024A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris deGruy Kennedy", "Matt Soper", "Tony Exum"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-25T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2024-04-11T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56115164-807c-4d76-8749-30e1349efcad"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1102"
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source_hash: "ee19a673a880a58b72c1e31a8f9f4cc7c0f007b5a8dcfde3c0b74a70c46c0eb1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 24-1102 (2024A) — Independent Agency Appointment Requirements
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Current law requires the director of the office of the child's representative and the alternate defense counsel (directors) to be licensed to practice law in Colorado for at least 5 years prior to being appointed as the director of the respective offices and requires the director of the respondent parents' counsel to have 5 years of experience as a licensed attorney prior to being appointed as the director of the respondent parents' counsel. The act removes the requirement that the directors of the office of the child's representative and the alternate defense counsel be licensed to practice law in Colorado prior to their appointment and requires the directors to either be licensed to practice law in Colorado at the time of the appointment or be able to become licensed to practice law in Colorado within 6 months after the appointment.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_hb1102_s_jud_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (02/09/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1102_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (04/09/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1102_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1102_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (02/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1102_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (03/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1102_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (03/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1102_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (04/11/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1102_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **49–15** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **23–11** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chris deGruy Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Matt Soper — primary (person)
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- Tony Exum — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2024-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2024-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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- **2024-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2024-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56115164-807c-4d76-8749-30e1349efcad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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