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February 13, 2024 HB 24-1080
Legislative Council Staff
Nonpartisan Services for Colorado’s Legislature
Fiscal Note
Drafting Number:
Prime Sponsors:
LLS 24-0712
Rep. Parenti
Date:
Bill Status:
Fiscal Analyst:
February 13, 2024
House Health & Human Services
Shukria Maktabi | 303-866-4720
shukria.maktabi@coleg.gov
Bill Topic: YOUTH SPORTS PERSONNEL RE QUIREMENTS
Summary of
Fiscal Impact:
☒ State Revenue
☒ State Expenditure
☐ State Transfer
☐ TABOR Refund
☒ Local Government
☐ Statutory Public Entity
The bill adds new requirements for employees and volunteers at youth sports
organizations. It minimally increases state workload, and may increase state revenue
and local expenditures, beginning in FY 2024-25.
Appropriation
Summary:
No appropriation is required.
Fiscal Note
Status:
The fiscal note reflects the introduced bill.
Summary of Legislation
The bill requires that youth sports organizations conduct criminal history record checks using a
private entity for employees or volunteers that attend overnight trips with the organization. The
criminal history record check is to be completed every three years and the organization must
not hire employees or approve volunteers that have had any offenses against children. The bill
creates a cause of action for failing to conduct background checks. Excluded from record check
requirements are volunteers who only occasionally assist with the team or that have an
immediate family member participating in the youth sports organization.
The bill also clarifies that any contracted athletic program personnel are mandatory reporters for
child abuse and neglect; and that youth sports organizations, excluding K-12 schools or higher
institutions, must require that paid coaches have current CPR and first aid education
certifications.
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Comparable Crime Analysis
Legislative Council Staff is required to include certain information in the fiscal note for any bill
that creates a new crime, changes the classification of an existing crime, or creates a new factual
basis for an existing crime. The following section outlines crimes that are comparable to the
offense in this bill and discusses assumptions on future rates of criminal convictions resulting
from the bill.
Prior conviction data and assumptions. This bill adds contracted program personnel of youth
sport organizations to the list of mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect. Failure to
report child abuse is a class 2 misdemeanor. From FY 2020-21 to FY 2022-23, 4 individuals have
been convicted and sentenced for this offense. Of the persons convicted, 2 was male and 2 were
female. Demographically, 2 were White, 1 was Hispanic, and 1 was Asian.
Based on the low number of prior cases, the fiscal note assumes that there will be minimal or no
additional case filings or convictions for the new offense under the bill. Visit
leg.colorado.gov/fiscalnotes for more information about criminal justice costs in fiscal notes.
State Revenue
Beginning in FY 2024-25, revenue may increase from civil case filings against youth sport
organizations that fail to complete criminal history background checks on personnel as required.
The fiscal note assumes organizations will generally comply and any revenue generated will be
minimal.
State Expenditures
The bill increases workload for the Judicial Department and the Department of Human Services,
as described below.
Judicial Department. To the extent that a civil action is brought against youth sport
organizations for failure to complete required background checks, workload in the trial courts
will increase. The fiscal note assumes any increases will be minimal and no change in
appropriations is required.
Department of Human Services. Workload will increase to update training material and other
information about mandatory reporters. This workload is minimal and no change in
appropriations is required.
Local Government
Adding a new type of mandatory reporter may result in additional reports of child abuse to
county departments of human services and minimally increase workload. Additionally, the bill
may increase workload and costs for local recreation programs to ensure coaches meet training
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Effective Date
The bill takes effect 90 days following adjournment of the General Assembly sine die, assuming
no referendum petition is filed.
State and Local Government Contacts
Counties Human Services Judicial
Law Local Affairs Public Health and Environment
Public Safety
The revenue and expenditure impacts in this fiscal note represent changes from current law under the bill for each
fiscal year. For additional information about fiscal notes, please visit the General Assembly website.