republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/hb-24-1459.md

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Bill	Birth Equity	Current law prohibits the use of restraints on a pregnant individual in custody with certain exceptions. The act requires the staff of a jail, the department of corrections, or a private contract prison to comply with current law regarding the use of restraints on individuals who are in custody and experiencing labor, delivery, or postpartum recovery.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2024A	HB 24-1459	Colorado HB 24-1459 (2024A)	bill		enacted	Janet Buckner Julie Gonzales Leslie Herod Lorena García	9	13	2	2024-04-15T06:00:00+00:00	2024-06-05T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/030873d5-4499-4019-b7d2-1f67d8b34626	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1459	610328a55a1220f7cf024b191deb9b04e3f8193e60f147723f944633c9db3edb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 24-1459 (2024A) — Birth Equity

Current law prohibits the use of restraints on a pregnant individual in custody with certain exceptions. The act requires the staff of a jail, the department of corrections, or a private contract prison to comply with current law regarding the use of restraints on individuals who are in custody and experiencing labor, delivery, or postpartum recovery.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/29/2024) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/23/2024) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/15/2024) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/26/2024) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (04/30/2024) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/07/2024) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (05/06/2024) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (06/05/2024) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 45–17 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 23–12 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Janet Buckner — primary (person)
• Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
• Leslie Herod — primary (person)
• Lorena García — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-05T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2024-05-23T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-23T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2024-05-23T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2024-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-04-15T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/030873d5-4499-4019-b7d2-1f67d8b34626. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).