Bill Adds Penalties for Parenting Time Noncompliance
Summary
Colorado House Bill 26-1314 proposes to expand remedies available to courts in parenting time disputes to include monetary penalties payable to the aggrieved party, community service, and court-approved tracking tools. The bill would also require priority kinship placements for children removed from homes, authorize post-adoption grandparent contact agreements, and create a foster care prevention services pilot program in participating counties.
“In disputes concerning parenting time, the bill adds payment of a monetary penalty to the aggrieved party, community service, and the use of court-approved parenting time tracking or communication tools to the list of orders a court may issue to address noncompliance with an existing parenting time order.”
What changed
The bill proposes to add monetary penalties payable to the aggrieved party, community service, and court-approved parenting time tracking tools to the remedies available when a party fails to comply with a parenting time order. Courts would be required to make such orders proportionate to the frequency and severity of intentional noncompliance. Additionally, when a child is removed from the home, courts must prioritize placement with relatives or kin unless placement is not in the child's best interests. The bill also establishes a foster care prevention services pilot program allowing participating county departments to implement expedited kinship placement approval pathways.
For family law practitioners, courts, and county human services departments in Colorado, this bill would create new compliance obligations and procedural requirements around parenting time enforcement and kinship care. Attorneys advising clients in custody and parenting time matters should monitor the bill's progress, as passage would expand the range of court-ordered remedies for noncompliance.
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HB26-1314
Family Stability & Kinship Care
| Type | Bill |
|---|---|
| Session | 2026 Regular Session |
| Subjects | Children & Domestic Matters |
Concerning increasing family stability, and, in connection therewith, prioritizing kinship placements in certain circumstances and facilitating grandparent contact.
Recent Bill (PDF) Recent Fiscal Note (PDF) Bill Summary:
In disputes concerning parenting time, the bill adds payment of a monetary penalty to the aggrieved party, community service, and the use of court-approved parenting time tracking or communication tools to the list of orders a court may issue to address noncompliance with an existing parenting time order. The bill clarifies that orders in these disputes must be proportionate to the frequency and severity of intentional noncompliance.
The bill requires the state department of human services, in coordination with the county departments of human or social services (county departments) and their delegate child support enforcement units, to develop protocols for referring a noncustodial parent who is in compliance with a child support obligation to supervised or facilitated family-time services.
When a child or youth is removed from the home, the bill requires the court to prioritize the child's or youth's temporary placement with a relative or kin, unless the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that temporary placement with the relative or kin is not in the best interests of the child. The bill authorizes modified safety and suitability assessments and a one-time placement stipend for approved emergency placement kinship caregivers under certain circumstances.
The bill requires a court, before entering a final adoption decree, to make written findings regarding any existing grandparent-grandchild relationship. The court may order a post-adoption contact agreement (agreement) granting reasonable contact or family time to the grandparent. The bill specifies procedures for the denial, modification, enforcement, or termination of the agreement.
The bill creates the foster care prevention services pilot program, which allows participating county departments to implement expedited kinship placement approval pathways, kinship navigator programs, one-time placement stipends for approved emergency placement kinship caregivers, and tools for tracking family time.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Prime Sponsors
Regina English
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Status
Under Consideration
Introduced
Under Consideration
Upcoming Schedule
1 meeting
Apr 21
House Third Reading of Bills - Final Passage
9:00 AM House Chamber
Related Documents & Information
| Date | Version | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| 04/20/2026 | Engrossed | |
| 03/02/2026 | Introduced |
| Date | Version | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| 04/16/2026 | PA1 |
| Date | Version | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| 04/17/2026 | First Revised Fiscal Note | |
| 03/25/2026 | Initial Fiscal Note | |
| 04/17/2026 | Fiscal Note Memorandum |
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Refer House Bill 26-1314, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. | The motion passed on a vote of 9-4. | Vote summary |
Committee Report: PDF
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
| --- | --- | --- |
Hearing Summary
| Date | Amendment Number | Committee/ Floor Hearing | Status | Documents |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/15/2026 | L.003 | HOU Health & Human Services | Passed [] | PDF |
| 04/15/2026 | L.002 | HOU Health & Human Services | Passed [] | PDF |
| 04/15/2026 | L.001 | HOU Health & Human Services | Passed [*] | PDF |
* Amendments passed in committee are not incorporated into the measure unless adopted by the full House or Senate.
** The status of Second Reading amendments may be subsequently affected by the adoption of an amendment to the Committee of the Whole Report. Refer to the House or Senate Journal for additional information.
| Date | Location | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 04/20/2026 | House | House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee |
| 04/15/2026 | House | House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole |
| 03/31/2026 | House | House Committee on Health & Human Services Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only |
| 03/02/2026 | House | Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services |
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