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type: "Bill"
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title: "Background Checks for Child Welfare Placements"
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description: "The act gives county departments of human or social services and the Colorado department of human services (department) the statutory authority needed to conduct the required fingerprint-based criminal history record checks for individuals who provide out-of-home care for child-welfare-involved youth in accordance with the federal bureau of investigation's standards. For the 2026-27 state fiscal year, the general assembly anticipates that the department will receive $350,000 in federal funds to implement the act, and $350,000 is appropriated to the office of the governor for use by the office of information technology to implement the act. The $350,000 appropriation is from reappropriated funds received from the department.(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 1298"
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citation: "Colorado HB 1298 (2026A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Children & Domestic Matters"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["G. Rydin", "L. Cutter", "R. Keltie"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-02-25"
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last_action: "2026-06-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c80fae8f-636e-4c26-833d-d9e145855d4d"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1298"
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source_hash: "5cb6271677a9d9929478f9035fef83be122a156fe2f301297d33bdbc01626849"
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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 1298 (2026A) — Background Checks for Child Welfare Placements
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The act gives county departments of human or social services and the Colorado department of human services (department) the statutory authority needed to conduct the required fingerprint-based criminal history record checks for individuals who provide out-of-home care for child-welfare-involved youth in accordance with the federal bureau of investigation's standards. For the 2026-27 state fiscal year, the general assembly anticipates that the department will receive $350,000 in federal funds to implement the act, and $350,000 is appropriated to the office of the governor for use by the office of information technology to implement the act. The $350,000 appropriation is from reappropriated funds received from the department.(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/112625/download)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114847/download)
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3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116941/download)
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4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115034/download)
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5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116300/download)
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6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116142/download)
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7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/117162/download)
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## Votes
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- Refer House Bill 26-1298 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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- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment K). — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Refer House Bill 26-1298, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Refer House Bill 26-1298 to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Refer House Bill 26-1298, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Adopt amendment J.001 — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- G. Rydin — primary (person)
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- L. Cutter — primary (person)
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- R. Keltie — primary (person)
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- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
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- A. Flanell — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
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- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-06-04** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2026-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-03** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-06-03** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2026-05-11** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-05-08** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2026-05-08** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2026-05-07** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-24** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
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- **2026-04-21** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-04-20** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2026-04-17** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
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- **2026-04-17** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-17** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-25** 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/c80fae8f-636e-4c26-833d-d9e145855d4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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