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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Federal Adoption Money Cash Fund Updates"
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description: "The excess federal Title IV-E reimbursements cash fund (cash fund) exists in current law and includes federal revenue in excess of the amount required to reimburse certain eligible foster care, prevention, and permanency services. The act renames the cash fund as the federal Title IV-E reimbursements cash fund and updates the permissible uses of the money in the cash fund to align with current federal requirements, which permit the state to apply savings associated with federal funding increases to a range of child welfare services. The act specifically authorizes the use of cash fund money for services to support a positive permanency outcome for a child or youth who might otherwise enter or reenter foster care.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2026A"
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identifier: "HB 1376"
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citation: "Colorado HB 1376 (2026A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Children & Domestic Matters", "Human Services"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["B. Kirkmeyer", "E. Sirota", "J. Amabile", "J. Bridges", "K. Brown", "R. Taggart"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-04-02"
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last_action: "2026-05-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2648a6e5-8e5e-4bb0-b9d5-838cc3c12f33"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1376"
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source_hash: "37707f3050a206bed7ded0682143a0d6b1dbba7d6a461bb52c987cbcbd7453ce"
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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 1376 (2026A) — Federal Adoption Money Cash Fund Updates
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The excess federal Title IV-E reimbursements cash fund (cash fund) exists in current law and includes federal revenue in excess of the amount required to reimburse certain eligible foster care, prevention, and permanency services. The act renames the cash fund as the federal Title IV-E reimbursements cash fund and updates the permissible uses of the money in the cash fund to align with current federal requirements, which permit the state to apply savings associated with federal funding increases to a range of child welfare services. The act specifically authorizes the use of cash fund money for services to support a positive permanency outcome for a child or youth who might otherwise enter or reenter foster care.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114024/download)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114333/download)
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3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116634/download)
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4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114413/download)
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5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114738/download)
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6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114643/download)
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7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116754/download)
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## Votes
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- Refer House Bill 26-1376 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Refer House Bill 26-1376 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- B. Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
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- E. Sirota — primary (person)
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- J. Amabile — primary (person)
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- J. Bridges — primary (person)
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- K. Brown — primary (person)
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- R. Taggart — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-05-27** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-22** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-05-22** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2026-04-16** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-04-15** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2026-04-14** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2026-04-13** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
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- **2026-04-11** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-04-10** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2026-04-09** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2026-04-08** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2026-04-06** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-02** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `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/2648a6e5-8e5e-4bb0-b9d5-838cc3c12f33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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