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type: "Bill"
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title: "Term Abandonment for Federal Classification Juvenile"
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description: "Current law states that if there is sufficient evidence to determine that reunification of a child or youth with one or both parents is not viable due to abuse, neglect, abandonment, or a similar basis, the child or youth is eligible for federal classification as a special immigrant juvenile. The act clarifies that abandonment includes, but is not limited to, the death of one or both parents. The act defines the phrase \"special immigrant juvenile status findings\"."
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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: "SB 24-119"
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citation: "Colorado SB 24-119 (2024A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Javier Mabrey", "Lorena García", "Tony Exum"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-02-05T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2024-03-22T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38485de3-a966-47c8-972b-8fc2d8b14500"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-119"
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source_hash: "8117e56d6b61da17dc8ee5dd20da1937096c3b9bc7fd0f6e3969a97839ab2b43"
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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 SB 24-119 (2024A) — Term Abandonment for Federal Classification Juvenile
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Current law states that if there is sufficient evidence to determine that reunification of a child or youth with one or both parents is not viable due to abuse, neglect, abandonment, or a similar basis, the child or youth is eligible for federal classification as a special immigrant juvenile. The act clarifies that abandonment includes, but is not limited to, the death of one or both parents. The act defines the phrase "special immigrant juvenile status findings".
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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_sb119_h_jud_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (02/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_119_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (03/21/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_119_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (02/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_119_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (02/27/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_119_s_jud_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (03/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_119_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (03/18/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_119_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (03/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_119_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (03/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_119_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **46–17** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **21–11** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Javier Mabrey — primary (person)
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- Lorena García — 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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- **2024-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2024-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2024-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2024-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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- **2024-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-29T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/38485de3-a966-47c8-972b-8fc2d8b14500`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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