House committee clears technical fix to interstate child-placement compact; moves bill to Committee of the Whole

The House Health & Human Services Committee voted to send HB25‑1086, a technical clarification to Colorado’s adoption of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC), to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation.

Sponsors, county officials and state child‑welfare staff told the panel the bill fixes confusion caused when last year’s revised compact text was published with a “repeal and reenact” clause. Representative Peron, a bill sponsor, told the committee HB25‑1086 “addresses a small but very important detail, the repeal date of the current ICPC and makes very clear that the ICPC language adopted by Colorado in 1975 … remains in effect until unless and until at least 35 states adopt the revised compact language outlined in SB24125.”

Proponents said the change is…