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type: "Bill"
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title: "Federal Benefits for Youth in Foster Care"
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description: "Beginning on or before July 1, 2027, the act requires a county department of human or social services (county department) to determine whether a child or youth who is in foster care and who has a deceased parent (child or youth) may be eligible to receive survivor benefits administered by the United States railroad retirement board, social security administration, or veterans benefits administration (federal survivor benefits). The county department must make an initial eligibility determination within 90 days after assuming legal custody of or authority over the child or youth."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2025A"
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identifier: "HB 25-1271"
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citation: "Colorado HB 25-1271 (2025A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Kyle Brown", "Lindsay Gilchrist", "Lindsey Daugherty"]
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version_count: 12
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-02-18T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-28T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b1b908e-0e56-4e64-8ed0-2d9eedd57e5d"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1271"
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source_hash: "0e6c685b61167e101b536183193012d89300f9fde18d5558e7d504ca70fbf405"
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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 25-1271 (2025A) — Federal Benefits for Youth in Foster Care
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Beginning on or before July 1, 2027, the act requires a county department of human or social services (county department) to determine whether a child or youth who is in foster care and who has a deceased parent (child or youth) may be eligible to receive survivor benefits administered by the United States railroad retirement board, social security administration, or veterans benefits administration (federal survivor benefits). The county department must make an initial eligibility determination within 90 days after assuming legal custody of or authority over the child or youth.
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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/2025a_hb1271_s_app_003.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/22/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1271_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1271_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (02/18/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1271_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (03/20/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1271_h_hhs_01.pdf)
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6. **PA2 (04/22/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1271_h_hhs_app_01.pdf)
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7. **PA3 (04/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1271_s_hhs_01.pdf)
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8. **PA4 (05/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1271_s_hhs_app_01.pdf)
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9. **Reengrossed (04/23/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1271_ren.pdf)
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10. **Rerevised (05/06/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1271_rer.pdf)
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11. **Revised (05/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1271_rev.pdf)
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12. **Signed Act (05/28/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1271_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **32–3** (pass) · upper
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- REPASS — **64–1** (pass) · lower
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- CONCUR — **62–3** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
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- Kyle Brown — primary (person)
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- Lindsay Gilchrist — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Daugherty — primary (person)
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- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
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- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
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- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
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- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
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- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
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- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
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- L. García — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
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- R. English — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Pugliese — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
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- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
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- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2025-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2025-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
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- **2025-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
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- **2025-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
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- **2025-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `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/8b1b908e-0e56-4e64-8ed0-2d9eedd57e5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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