republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/hb-24-1377.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court-Appointed Special Advocate Volunteers Working with Foster Youth"
description: "The act clarifies that court-appointed special advocate volunteers can be attached, stay attached, or be reattached to cases for foster youth in transition. With the consent of the youth, a CASA volunteer may be appointed in a foster youth in transition program case and may support the youth in planning for the youth's future and accessing necessary services, supports, and assistance consistent with the youth's expressed interests and the program's goals. A CASA volunteer appointed to a youth in a foster youth in transition program case shall not make best interests recommendations to the court or others and must not have access to or share confidential information about the youth without the youth's express consent to access or share such information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1377"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1377 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julia Marvin", "Lisa Cutter", "Mary Young"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5238bdc-30ab-444b-a547-2906f6282f43"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1377"
source_hash: "1291c7ff21b4080e051d5db22aaf2f7ceeae05fc1369a6ccb83cfa482676a36e"
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 24-1377 (2024A) — Court-Appointed Special Advocate Volunteers Working with Foster Youth

The act clarifies that court-appointed special advocate volunteers can be attached, stay attached, or be reattached to cases for foster youth in transition. With the consent of the youth, a CASA volunteer may be appointed in a foster youth in transition program case and may support the youth in planning for the youth's future and accessing necessary services, supports, and assistance consistent with the youth's expressed interests and the program's goals. A CASA volunteer appointed to a youth in a foster youth in transition program case shall not make best interests recommendations to the court or others and must not have access to or share confidential information about the youth without the youth's express consent to access or share such information.

## 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_hb1377_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/11/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1377_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1377_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/18/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1377_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/14/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1377_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1377_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1377_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/24/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1377_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julia Marvin — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Mary Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2024-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over to 04/14/2024 - No Amendments
- **2024-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2024-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2024-03-18T06:00:00+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/d5238bdc-30ab-444b-a547-2906f6282f43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).