ColoradoTransfers of Certain Pet Animals
What it does
Under current law, a pet store in Colorado is permitted to sell or offer for sale dogs or cats if the pet store abides by certain requirements. The act removes the existing permission so that, beginning January 1, 2028, a pet store is no longer permitted to sell, lease, offer to sell or lease, barter, auction, or otherwise transfer ownership of a dog or cat. Nothing prohibits a pet store from providing space for the display of dogs or cats available for adoption if the pet store does not collect a fee from the display and if certain requirements are met.
More detail
The act defines 'broker' as a person that, for profit, sells, leases, offers to sell or lease, barters, auctions, or otherwise transfers ownership of, in person or online, a pet animal bred by another person. A broker does not include a person that transfers no more than 3 single pet animals per each calendar year if the person transfers each single pet animal no more than once. The act states that a broker is not permitted to sell, lease, offer to sell or lease, barter, auction, or otherwise transfer ownership of a dog or cat. The act clarifies that the following are still permitted:The sale, transfer, or adoption of an animal, including a law enforcement animal, to a governmental agency;The sale, transfer, or adoption of a guide, signal, or service dog;The sale, transfer, or adoption of a dog or cat by an animal shelter or pet animal rescue;The sale, transfer, or adoption of a dog bred or trained for lawful hunting to or by an individual who possesses a current hunting license;The sale or transfer of a dog or cat by the original breeder of the dog or cat; andThe sale, transfer, or adoption of a dog or cat by a health-related research facility.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 29Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- Apr 23Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- Apr 22Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- Apr 22Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- Apr 2House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- Vote recorded REPASS. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded CONCUR. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 31House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- Mar 30Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 27Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - FloorMinor
- Mar 24Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1011 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 6Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military AffairsMinor
- Mar 2House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 27House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Feb 26House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- Feb 23House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.003. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.002. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1011, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 14Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural ResourcesIntroduced