Colorado 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 2 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 24-1350 — Parental Responsibilities Proceedings Child Safety

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  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 28, 2024. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jared Polis (Democratic) on June 03, 2024.

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Likely to advance 94% · high confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    4 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (2 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Under current law, a court may appoint a child and family investigator (investigator) to investigate and report to the court relevant factors for determining the best interest of a child or youth in a proceeding involving parental responsibilities allocation. Similarly, under current law, a court may appoint a parental responsibilities evaluator (evaluator) to evaluate and report to the court concerning disputed issues relating to the parental responsibilities allocation. The act: Requires investigators and evaluators to include all information obtained concerning domestic violence and child abuse in a written report; Requires additional training requirements for investigators and evaluators; Requires investigators and evaluators to provide certain written disclosures to each party before performing duties; and Allows the court to implement caps on charges for duties performed by evaluators. The act defines "coercive control" to include a pattern of threatening, humiliating, or intimidating actions, including assaults or other abuse, that is used to harm, punish, or frighten an individual. If the court orders unsupervised parenting time for a parent, and there is any information, including an accusation, that the parent has committed domestic violence, child abuse, child emotional abuse, or coercive control, the court is required to make a statement in writing or orally on the proceeding record regarding why unsupervised parenting time was determined to be in the best interests of the child. The act states that the court may interview the child in the judge's chambers regarding the child's wishes for parental responsibilities allocation upon a motion. The court is required to make findings why it grants or denies the request to interview the child in chambers and give paramount consideration in cases involving an allegation by a child regarding domestic violence, child abuse or neglect, or child sexual abuse. The act requires that if allegations of domestic violence, child abuse or neglect, or child sexual abuse have been made, the court is required to give strong consideration to the child's or youth's preference concerning allocation of parental responsibilities, if the preference is consistent with protecting the child's safety and needs. The act clarifies that, pursuant to a chief justice directive, the office of the state court administrator is responsible for accepting complaints regarding investigators and evaluators, and is authorized to administer appropriate sanctions. Furthermore, the act requires the judicial department to include information during its annual "SMART Act" hearing and publish information on its website concerning investigator and evaluators. APPROVED by Governor June 3, 2024 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

21 added · 17 removed

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The amendment includes additional text stating that the version is reengrossed and encompasses all amendments adopted in the House of Introduction. The text clarifies the context in which the bill summary applies, indicating it does not reflect any future amendments. These changes ensure that readers understand the current status of the bill and where to find updates, which helps maintain clarity about its legislative progress.

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Second Regular Session Seventy-fourth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO ENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted on Second Reading in the House of Introduction LLS NO.
Second Regular Session Seventy-fourth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the House of Introduction LLS NO.
24-0326.03 Jacob Baus x2173 HOUSE BILL 24-1350 HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Froelich and Story, SENATE SPONSORSHIP Winter F.
24-0326.03 Jacob Baus x2173 HOUSE BILL 24-1350 HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Froelich and Story, Bird, Lindsay, Sirota, Vigil, Weissman SENATE SPONSORSHIP Winter F.
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Action History

  1. Governor Signed

  2. Signed by the Speaker of the House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass

  6. House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily

  7. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  8. Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor

  9. Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole

  10. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary

  11. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  12. House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee

  13. House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole

  14. House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations

  15. House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only

  16. Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary

Sponsors

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4 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 98 not signed on · 19 voted No

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (98)

98 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

REPASS

Passed 44 Yea · 16 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 34001
Unaffiliated 10304
Republican 01300
Total 441605
% of votes cast 68%25%0%8%
How each member voted (65)
Member Party Vote
Armagost — Not Voting
Bird — Yea
Bockenfeld — Not Voting
Epps — Yea
Evans — Nay
Hernandez — Not Voting
Herod — Yea
Holtorf — Nay
Lynch — Nay
Marvin — Yea
McLachlan — Yea
Ortiz — Yea
Parenti — Yea
Pugliese — Not Voting
Vigil — Yea
Young — Yea
deGruy Kennedy — Yea
Alex Valdez Democrat Yea
Andrew Boesenecker Democrat Yea
Bob Marshall Democrat Yea
Brianna Titone Democrat Yea
Cathy Kipp Democrat Yea
Chad Clifford Democrat Yea
Eliza Hamrick Democrat Yea
Elizabeth Velasco Democrat Yea
Emily Sirota Democrat Yea
Iman Jodeh Democrat Yea
Javier Mabrey Democrat Yea
Jennifer Bacon Democrat Yea
Jenny Willford Democrat Yea
Judy Amabile Democrat Yea
Julie McCluskie Democrat Yea
Junie Joseph Democrat Yea
Karen McCormick Democrat Yea
Kyle Brown Democrat Yea
Lindsey Daugherty Democrat Not Voting
Lorena Garcia Democrat Yea
Mandy Lindsay Democrat Yea
Manny Rutinel Democrat Yea
Marc Snyder Democrat Yea
Matthew Martinez Democrat Yea
Meg Froelich Democrat Yea
Meghan Lukens Democrat Yea
Mike Weissman Democrat Yea
Monica Duran Democrat Yea
Naquetta Ricks Democrat Yea
Regina English Democrat Yea
Sheila Lieder Democrat Yea
Steven Woodrow Democrat Yea
Tammy Story Democrat Yea
Tisha Mauro Democrat Yea
William Lindstedt Democrat Yea
Anthony Hartsook Republican Nay
Brandi Bradley Republican Nay
Ken DeGraaf Republican Nay
Lisa Frizell Republican Nay
Lynda Zamora Wilson Republican Nay
Marc Catlin Republican Nay
Mary Bradfield Republican Nay
Matt Soper Republican Nay
Rick Taggart Republican Nay
Ron Weinberg Republican Nay
Scott Bottoms Republican Nay
Stephanie Luck Republican Nay
Ty Winter Republican Nay

CONCUR

Passed 44 Yea · 16 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 34001
Unaffiliated 10304
Republican 01300
Total 441605
% of votes cast 68%25%0%8%
How each member voted (65)
Member Party Vote
Armagost — Not Voting
Bird — Yea
Bockenfeld — Not Voting
Epps — Yea
Evans — Nay
Hernandez — Not Voting
Herod — Yea
Holtorf — Nay
Lynch — Nay
Marvin — Yea
McLachlan — Yea
Ortiz — Yea
Parenti — Yea
Pugliese — Not Voting
Vigil — Yea
Young — Yea
deGruy Kennedy — Yea
Alex Valdez Democrat Yea
Andrew Boesenecker Democrat Yea
Bob Marshall Democrat Yea
Brianna Titone Democrat Yea
Cathy Kipp Democrat Yea
Chad Clifford Democrat Yea
Eliza Hamrick Democrat Yea
Elizabeth Velasco Democrat Yea
Emily Sirota Democrat Yea
Iman Jodeh Democrat Yea
Javier Mabrey Democrat Yea
Jennifer Bacon Democrat Yea
Jenny Willford Democrat Yea
Judy Amabile Democrat Yea
Julie McCluskie Democrat Yea
Junie Joseph Democrat Yea
Karen McCormick Democrat Yea
Kyle Brown Democrat Yea
Lindsey Daugherty Democrat Not Voting
Lorena Garcia Democrat Yea
Mandy Lindsay Democrat Yea
Manny Rutinel Democrat Yea
Marc Snyder Democrat Yea
Matthew Martinez Democrat Yea
Meg Froelich Democrat Yea
Meghan Lukens Democrat Yea
Mike Weissman Democrat Yea
Monica Duran Democrat Yea
Naquetta Ricks Democrat Yea
Regina English Democrat Yea
Sheila Lieder Democrat Yea
Steven Woodrow Democrat Yea
Tammy Story Democrat Yea
Tisha Mauro Democrat Yea
William Lindstedt Democrat Yea
Anthony Hartsook Republican Nay
Brandi Bradley Republican Nay
Ken DeGraaf Republican Nay
Lisa Frizell Republican Nay
Lynda Zamora Wilson Republican Nay
Marc Catlin Republican Nay
Mary Bradfield Republican Nay
Matt Soper Republican Nay
Rick Taggart Republican Nay
Ron Weinberg Republican Nay
Scott Bottoms Republican Nay
Stephanie Luck Republican Nay
Ty Winter Republican Nay

BILL

Passed 25 Yea · 10 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 0700
Democrat 14000
Unaffiliated 11300
Total 251000
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
Buckner — Yea
Fields — Yea
Gardner — Nay
Ginal — Yea
Hansen — Yea
Lundeen — Nay
Priola — Yea
Smallwood — Nay
Will — Yea
Zenzinger — Yea
Fenberg — Yea
Jaquez Lewis — Yea
Van Winkle — Yea
Winter F. — Yea
Chris Kolker Democrat Yea
Dafna Michaelson Jenet Democrat Yea
Dylan Roberts Democrat Yea
James Coleman Democrat Yea
Janice Marchman Democrat Yea
Jeff Bridges Democrat Yea
Jessie Danielson Democrat Yea
Julie Gonzales Democrat Yea
Kyle Mullica Democrat Yea
Lisa Cutter Democrat Yea
Nick Hinrichsen Democrat Yea
Robert Rodriguez Democrat Yea
Tom Sullivan Democrat Yea
Tony Exum Democrat Yea
Barbara Kirkmeyer Republican Nay
Byron Pelton Republican Nay
Cleave Simpson Republican Nay
Janice Rich Republican Nay
Larry Liston Republican Nay
Mark Baisley Republican Nay
Rod Pelton Republican Nay

BILL

Passed 42 Yea · 19 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 32003
Unaffiliated 10601
Republican 01300
Total 421904
% of votes cast 65%29%0%6%
How each member voted (65)
Member Party Vote
Armagost — Nay
Bird — Yea
Bockenfeld — Not Voting
Epps — Nay
Evans — Nay
Hernandez — Yea
Herod — Yea
Holtorf — Nay
Lynch — Nay
Marvin — Yea
McLachlan — Yea
Ortiz — Yea
Parenti — Yea
Pugliese — Nay
Vigil — Yea
Young — Yea
deGruy Kennedy — Yea
Alex Valdez Democrat Yea
Andrew Boesenecker Democrat Yea
Bob Marshall Democrat Yea
Brianna Titone Democrat Yea
Cathy Kipp Democrat Yea
Chad Clifford Democrat Yea
Eliza Hamrick Democrat Yea
Elizabeth Velasco Democrat Yea
Emily Sirota Democrat Yea
Iman Jodeh Democrat Not Voting
Javier Mabrey Democrat Yea
Jennifer Bacon Democrat Yea
Jenny Willford Democrat Yea
Judy Amabile Democrat Yea
Julie McCluskie Democrat Yea
Junie Joseph Democrat Yea
Karen McCormick Democrat Yea
Kyle Brown Democrat Yea
Lindsey Daugherty Democrat Yea
Lorena Garcia Democrat Yea
Mandy Lindsay Democrat Yea
Manny Rutinel Democrat Yea
Marc Snyder Democrat Not Voting
Matthew Martinez Democrat Yea
Meg Froelich Democrat Yea
Meghan Lukens Democrat Yea
Mike Weissman Democrat Yea
Monica Duran Democrat Yea
Naquetta Ricks Democrat Yea
Regina English Democrat Not Voting
Sheila Lieder Democrat Yea
Steven Woodrow Democrat Yea
Tammy Story Democrat Yea
Tisha Mauro Democrat Yea
William Lindstedt Democrat Yea
Anthony Hartsook Republican Nay
Brandi Bradley Republican Nay
Ken DeGraaf Republican Nay
Lisa Frizell Republican Nay
Lynda Zamora Wilson Republican Nay
Marc Catlin Republican Nay
Mary Bradfield Republican Nay
Matt Soper Republican Nay
Rick Taggart Republican Nay
Ron Weinberg Republican Nay
Scott Bottoms Republican Nay
Stephanie Luck Republican Nay
Ty Winter Republican Nay

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 24-1350 do?
Under current law, a court may appoint a child and family investigator (investigator) to investigate and report to the court relevant factors for determining the best interest of a child or youth in a proceeding involving parental responsibilities allocation. Similarly, under current law, a court may appoint a parental responsibilities evaluator (evaluator) to evaluate and report to the court concerning disputed issues relating to the parental responsibilities allocation. The act: Requires investigators and evaluators to include all information obtained concerning domestic violence and child abuse in a written report; Requires additional training requirements for investigators and evaluators; Requires investigators and evaluators to provide certain written disclosures to each party before performing duties; and Allows the court to implement caps on charges for duties performed by evaluators. The act defines "coercive control" to include a pattern of threatening, humiliating, or intimidating actions, including assaults or other abuse, that is used to harm, punish, or frighten an individual. If the court orders unsupervised parenting time for a parent, and there is any information, including an accusation, that the parent has committed domestic violence, child abuse, child emotional abuse, or coercive control, the court is required to make a statement in writing or orally on the proceeding record regarding why unsupervised parenting time was determined to be in the best interests of the child. The act states that the court may interview the child in the judge's chambers regarding the child's wishes for parental responsibilities allocation upon a motion. The court is required to make findings why it grants or denies the request to interview the child in chambers and give paramount consideration in cases involving an allegation by a child regarding domestic violence, child abuse or neglect, or child sexual abuse. The act requires that if allegations of domestic violence, child abuse or neglect, or child sexual abuse have been made, the court is required to give strong consideration to the child's or youth's preference concerning allocation of parental responsibilities, if the preference is consistent with protecting the child's safety and needs. The act clarifies that, pursuant to a chief justice directive, the office of the state court administrator is responsible for accepting complaints regarding investigators and evaluators, and is authorized to administer appropriate sanctions. Furthermore, the act requires the judicial department to include information during its annual "SMART Act" hearing and publish information on its website concerning investigator and evaluators. APPROVED by Governor June 3, 2024 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Who sponsors HB 24-1350?
HB 24-1350 is sponsored by Meg Froelich (Democrat), Tammy Story (Democrat), Ty Winter (Republican), and Michaelson Jenet.
What is the current status of HB 24-1350?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 28, 2024. Enacted.
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