republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1142.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Advocacy Centers"
description: "The act establishes civil immunity for a board member, staff member, or volunteer of a child advocacy center that arises from the performance of the board member's, staff member's, or volunteer's duties if the board member's, staff member's, or volunteer's acts are in good faith. The act allows certain entities to share information under certain circumstances that is relevant to the protection of a child that is the subject of a child maltreatment case.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1142"
citation: "Colorado HB 1142 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children & Domestic Matters"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Boesenecker", "C. Espenoza", "D. Roberts", "M. Ball", "R. Taggart"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9b3e79e-4385-4c54-97e1-360dce90aea5"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1142"
source_hash: "ffe3bfe672f7ae76b87ceb5905b27ada7b9de9281090c890897759868b320c0b"
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 1142 (2026A) — Child Advocacy Centers

The act establishes civil immunity for a board member, staff member, or volunteer of a child advocacy center that arises from the performance of the board member's, staff member's, or volunteer's duties if the board member's, staff member's, or volunteer's acts are in good faith. The act allows certain entities to share information under certain circumstances that is relevant to the protection of a child that is the subject of a child maltreatment case.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111323/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112441/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113846/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112503/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113440/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113399/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114525/download)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 26-1142 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1142, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). — **pass** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Boesenecker — primary (person)
- C. Espenoza — primary (person)
- D. Roberts — primary (person)
- M. Ball — primary (person)
- R. Taggart — primary (person)
- A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
- B. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- D. Woog — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
- L. Garcia Sander — cosponsor (person)
- L. Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
- L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- L. Suckla — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- S. Slaugh — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-13** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-17** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2026-02-23** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-20** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2026-02-18** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** 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/d9b3e79e-4385-4c54-97e1-360dce90aea5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).