HB 24-1080 Summary

• Youth sports organizations and local governments must require all coaches and chaperones to obtain a seven-year criminal history record check before employment, with renewal every three years, conducted by a private consumer reporting agency and including aliases, sexual offenses, and felony convictions.

• Organizations must not hire coaches or approve chaperones with convictions for felony child abuse, felony sexual offenses, crimes of violence, or comparable offenses in other states.

• At least one adult with current First Aid, CPR, and AED certification must be present at each youth athletic activity; certification training must cover heat/cold-related conditions, bleeding, muscular and skeletal injuries, and head/neck/spinal injuries.

• Coaches and chaperones who have lived outside the United States for more than 180 days in the past 10 years must also obtain an international criminal history record check, with an exemption for those on international work visas.

• Persons who cannot obtain required background checks must be supervised at all times by someone who has passed a background check; volunteers providing only occasional, nominal assistance are exempt from background check requirements but must be supervised.