# Colorado HB26-1064: Youthful Offender System Updates Colorado HB26-1064, Youthful Offender System Updates, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Gretchen Rydin (Democratic), Jamie Jackson (Democratic), Judy Amabile (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-03-26 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1064-2026A - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Colorado HB26-1064 - State: Colorado - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Youthful Offender System Updates - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-14 - Last action: 2026-03-26, Governor Signed - Sponsors: Gretchen Rydin (Democratic), Jamie Jackson (Democratic), Judy Amabile (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 29 - Subjects: Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 6 (170 yes, 70 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 12 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More sentencing options for young adults: benefit, high. Beginning August 12, 2026, some young adults charged with murder qualify for youthful offender sentencing through a plea agreement. They must have been 18 or 19 at the offense and under 21 at sentencing. The charge must be second-degree murder or first-degree murder under the former law named in th… - Safer mentoring placements for young offenders: benefit, medium. Corrections may house participants with adult inmates age 25 or older in an approved mentoring program. Those adults must be below close-custody level. A participant cannot be housed in a facility that also houses an adult convicted of a sex offense. - Sentence reviews for offenders with disabilities: benefit, medium. A clinician's concern about mental or behavioral health conditions or intellectual and developmental disabilities can lead to diagnostic transfer. The transfer lasts no more than 60 days. Findings must explain how the system can accommodate the participant's condition or disability. If it prevents… - Juveniles consent to care without parents: benefit, medium. Juvenile participants can authorize hospital, medical, mental health, substance use, dental, emergency health, and emergency surgical care without parental consent. Parents and guardians are not liable for charges for care based on that consent. Providers and other covered people who rely on it in… - Older offender sentences lose testing charge: benefit, low. The law removes a specific requirement to provide and pay for biological-sample collection and genetic testing. It covered people in youthful offender custody on or after July 1, 2007, under sentences imposed before that date. That group includes people who were on community supervision. General fe… - Education pathways for young offenders: benefit, low. Corrections may contract with schools or other public or private groups to provide or certify participant education. Programs may offer a high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) pathway. Corrections or its contractor must determine credits earned before entry. Participants serv… - Trained staff for young offender programs: benefit, low. Corrections must set and enforce program standards that follow the law's goals. The executive director or designee approves staff hiring and transfers, selecting staff with relevant skills or planned training. Staff must receive juvenile and young adult treatment training within 45 days of starting… - Funding supports young offender treatment: benefit, low. The General Assembly must provide sufficient funds to run the system, including its health and disability requirements. Corrections must seek and accept available public and private funds to supplement that money. Beginning August 12, 2026, surcharge fund money is available through annual appropria… - Disability checks before young offender revocation: mixed, high. Before returning a participant to court for noncompliance, Corrections must rule out specified health and disability causes. These include mental or behavioral health conditions, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and failure to provide reasonable accommodations. For returns based on othe… - Reentry help with community placement reviews: mixed, medium. During the last three to six months of institutional confinement, Corrections may use residential programs with 24-hour custody. It may run an emancipation program and offer needs-based support, monitoring, or housing when family reintegration is difficult. These supports apply during Phase II resi… - Young offender transfers face new safeguards: mixed, medium. Corrections cannot start transfers into the youthful offender system until it develops the required policies and procedures. Treatment or reentry transfers cannot endanger participants or isolate them because of disability needs. Corrections must maintain a transfer process for participants who pos… - Young offenders get treatment and discipline: mixed, medium. Each participant receives an intake assessment, a written report, and a plan covering health, treatment, education, skills, and reentry. Plans must match any applicable individualized education program or Section 504 disability plan. Case managers meet with participants monthly; during Phase I, tea… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Gretchen Rydin (Democratic), House - Sponsor: Jamie Jackson (Democratic), House - Sponsor: Judy Amabile (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Chad Clifford (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Cecelia Espenoza (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jennifer Bacon (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Javier Mabrey (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jacque Phillips (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kyle Brown (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Karen McCormick (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kenny Nguyen (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Lindsay Gilchrist (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Meg Froelich (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mandy Lindsay (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Matthew Martinez (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Regina English (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Tisha Mauro (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Tammy Story (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Cathy Kipp (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Chris Kolker (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Iman Jodeh (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: James Coleman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Julie Gonzales (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Janice Marchman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Katie Wallace (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Lisa Cutter (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Lindsey Daugherty (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Matt Ball (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mike Weissman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Nick Hinrichsen (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Tony Exum (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: William Lindstedt (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-12 | House | Senate amendments: Repass | pass | 42 | 21 | | | 2026-03-12 | House | Senate amendments: Concur | pass | 50 | 13 | | | 2026-03-02 | Senate | Third reading: Bill | pass | 23 | 12 | | | 2026-02-23 | Senate | Refer House Bill 26-1064 to the Committee of the Whole. | pass | 5 | 2 | | | 2026-02-18 | House | Third reading: Bill | pass | 41 | 18 | | | 2026-02-10 | House | Refer House Bill 26-1064, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. | pass | 9 | 4 | | ## Actions (16) - 2026-03-26: Governor Signed (House) - 2026-03-19: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2026-03-19: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2026-03-18: Signed by the Speaker of the House (House) - 2026-03-12: House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass (House) - 2026-03-03: House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily (House) - 2026-03-02: Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 03/02/2026 - No Amendments (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor (Senate) - 2026-02-23: Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary (Senate) - 2026-02-18: House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (House) - 2026-02-17: House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor (House) - 2026-02-13: House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments (House) - 2026-02-10: House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole (House) - 2026-01-14: Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112063/download) - Final Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113430/download) - House Health & Human Services Preamend: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111830/download) - Introduced: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/110808/download) - Reengrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112112/download) - Rerevised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112731/download) - Revised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112653/download) - Signed Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113779/download) ## Related bills - HB26-1250: Procedures Related to Civil Asset Forfeiture (signed) - HB26-1298: Background Checks for Child Welfare Placements (signed) - HB26-1414: Medical Record Requests (signed) - SB26-155: Increase Access Homeowner's Insurance Enterprise (signed) - HB26-1429: County Administration Public Assistance Programs (signed) - HB26-1430: Transportation Funding Adjustments (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112063/download) - [Final Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113430/download) - [House Health & Human Services Preamend (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111830/download) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/110808/download) - [Reengrossed (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112112/download) - [Rerevised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112731/download) - [Revised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112653/download) - [Signed Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113779/download) ## Related - [HB26-1250: Procedures Related to Civil Asset Forfeiture](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1250-2026A) - [HB26-1298: Background Checks for Child Welfare Placements](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1298-2026A) - [HB26-1414: Medical Record Requests](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1414-2026A) - [SB26-155: Increase Access Homeowner's Insurance Enterprise](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB26-155-2026A) - [HB26-1429: County Administration Public Assistance Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1429-2026A) - [HB26-1430: Transportation Funding Adjustments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1430-2026A) - [Colorado bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/colorado/bills) - [Colorado state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/colorado) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1064-2026A (as of 2026-10-16).