HB 1298 Colorado 2026A session
Background Checks for Child Welfare Placements
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.)
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Enacted — last recorded action June 4, 2026
Governor Signed
Recorded votes
Refer House Bill 26-1298 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
0 yes · 0 no · pass May 8, 2026
Refer House Bill 26-1298 to the Committee on Appropriations.
0 yes · 0 no · pass May 7, 2026
Refer House Bill 26-1298, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
0 yes · 0 no · pass April 17, 2026
Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment K).
0 yes · 0 no · pass March 17, 2026
Passage likelihood
Not enough recorded signal to estimate this bill's chances.
State-level impact
State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.
Official actions
- Governor Signed
- Signed by the Speaker of the House
- Signed by the President of the Senate
- Sent to the Governor
- Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
- Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations
- Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
- House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
- House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
- Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services