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SB26-050 • 2026

Child Care Center Required Policy Disclosures

The act requires a child care center to disclose the following information in its policies and procedures to the parents or guardians of children being served at the child care center: A statement tha

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Sen. S. Bright, Sen. J. Marchman, Rep. J. Joseph, Rep. M. Soper, Sen. J. Coleman, Sen. T. Exum, Sen. J. Gonzales, Sen. N. Hinrichsen, Sen. C. Kipp, Sen. K. Wallace, Rep. J. Bacon, Rep. M. Duran, Rep. B. Marshall, Rep. K. Nguyen, Rep. M. Rutinel
Last action
2026-04-06
Official status
Governor Signed
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on privacy protections or parental access to video footage, so these claims were removed.

Child Care Center Policy Disclosures

This law requires child care centers to inform parents about staff being mandatory reporters of abuse or neglect, and if the center uses video cameras, it must also disclose policies on their use.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires child care centers to include a statement in their policies that all staff members are required by state law to report suspected cases of child abuse or neglect.
  • If a child care center uses video recording equipment, it must inform parents about the presence and usage of these cameras, including how videos are used, stored, and accessed.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Parents or guardians of children in child care centers
  • Child care centers

Terms To Know

Mandatory Reporter
A person who is legally required to report suspected cases of child abuse or neglect.
Video Recording Equipment
Cameras used by child care centers for monitoring purposes.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The law only applies to child care centers that use video recording equipment if they are required to disclose information about it.
  • It is unclear how strictly child care centers will follow the new requirements without specific enforcement measures.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-06 Governor

    Governor Signed

  2. 2026-03-27 Governor

    Sent to the Governor

  3. 2026-03-26 House

    Signed by the Speaker of the House

  4. 2026-03-26 Senate

    Signed by the President of the Senate

  5. 2026-03-23 House

    House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  6. 2026-03-20 House

    House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments

  7. 2026-03-18 House

    House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole

  8. 2026-03-03 House

    Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor

  9. 2026-03-03 Senate

    Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  10. 2026-03-02 Senate

    Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments

  11. 2026-02-27 Senate

    Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/02/2026 - No Amendments

  12. 2026-02-24 Senate

    Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole

  13. 2026-01-27 Senate

    Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology

Official Summary Text

The act requires a child care center to disclose the following information in its policies and procedures to the parents or guardians of children being served at the child care center:
A statement that child care center workers are mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect under state law; and
For a child care center that utilizes video recording equipment, a disclosure of the presence of video recording equipment and the child care center's policies and procedures regarding the use of the video recording equipment and the generated video footage.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
SENATE BILL 26-050
BY SENATOR(S) Marchman and Bright, Exum, Gonzales J ., Hinrichsen,
Kipp, Wallace, Coleman;
also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Joseph and Soper, Bacon, Duran, Marshall,
Nguyen, Rutinel.
CONCERNING CERTAIN DISCLOSURES OF POLICIES THAT A CHILD CARE
CENTER MUST PROVIDE TO THE CAREGIVERS OF CHILDREN BEING
SERVED AT THE CHILD CARE CENTER.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 26.5-5-314, add (7) as
follows:
26.5-5-314. Standards for facilities and agencies - rules -
definition.
(7) A CHILD CARE CENTER SHALL DISCLOSE THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION IN THE CHILD CARE CENTER'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO
THE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF CHILDREN BEING SERVED AT THE CHILD
CARE CENTER:
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes
through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of
the act.
(a) A STATEMENT THAT CHILD CARE CENTER WORKERS ARE
MANDATORY REPORTERS OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT, AS REQUIRED BY
SECTION 19-3-304 (2)(m); AND
(b) FOR A CHILD CARE CENTER THAT UTILIZES VIDEO RECORDING
EQUIPMENT, A STATEMENT DISCLOSING THE USE OF VIDEO RECORDING
EQUIPMENT AND THE CHILD CARE CENTER'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
REGARDING THE USE OF THE VIDEO RECORDING EQUIPMENT AND THE
GENERA TED VIDEO FOOTAGE, INCLUDING, WHEN APPLICABLE, THE CENTER'S
RECORDING, RETENTION, AND DISPOSAL POLICY; PRIVACY PROTECTIONS AND
LIMITATIONS; PARENTAL AND LEGAL ACCESS TO THE VIDEO FOOTAGE; AND
ANY OTHER POLICIES OR PROCEDURES THE CHILD CARE CENTER DEVELOPS IN
RELATION TO THE USE OF THE VIDEO RECORDING EQUIPMENT AND THE
GENERA TED VIDEO FOOTAGE.
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August
12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026); except that, if a
referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state
constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within
such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless
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approved by the people at the general election to be held in November 2026
and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of
the vote thereon by the governor.
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