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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prevention of Wildlife Trafficking"
+description: "The act adds species that appear in Appendix I to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES Appendix I) to the wildlife covered under Colorado's wildlife trafficking and wildlife possession laws. The act clarifies that species listed on Colorado's endangered and threatened species list or the endangered and threatened species list pursuant to the federal \"Endangered Species Act of 1973\", 16 U.S.C. sec. 1531 et seq. (federal act) are also covered under Colorado's wildlife possession and wildlife trafficking laws."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2025A"
+identifier: "SB 25-168"
+citation: "Colorado SB 25-168 (2025A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cecelia Espenoza", "Dylan Roberts", "Ryan Armagost", "Scott Bright"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-19T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9e29bae-d348-4dc8-93f3-d2f04160c996"
+source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-168"
+source_hash: "e76a421bd8716e8c7c5324d6f565fc100a079e904ee264dfef3ba035e75c3d97"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
+---
+
+# Colorado SB 25-168 (2025A) — Prevention of Wildlife Trafficking
+
+The act adds species that appear in Appendix I to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES Appendix I) to the wildlife covered under Colorado's wildlife trafficking and wildlife possession laws. The act clarifies that species listed on Colorado's endangered and threatened species list or the endangered and threatened species list pursuant to the federal "Endangered Species Act of 1973", 16 U.S.C. sec. 1531 et seq. (federal act) are also covered under Colorado's wildlife possession and wildlife trafficking laws.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_sb168_h_app_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (04/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_168_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (05/06/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_168_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (02/19/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_168_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (03/07/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_168_s_agr_01.pdf)
+6. **Reengrossed (04/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_168_ren.pdf)
+7. **Rerevised (04/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_168_rer.pdf)
+8. **Revised (04/24/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_168_rev.pdf)
+9. **Signed Act (06/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_168_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **53–10** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **31–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cecelia Espenoza — primary (person)
+- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
+- Ryan Armagost — primary (person)
+- Scott Bright — primary (person)
+- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
+- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
+- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
+- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
+- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2025-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2025-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources `introduction`
+- **2025-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
+- **2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9e29bae-d348-4dc8-93f3-d2f04160c996`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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